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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 7. A Font of Type


This latent mine—these unlaunch'd voices—passionate powers,
Wrath, argument, or praise, or comic leer, or prayer devout,
(Not nonpareil, brevier, bourgeois, long primer merely,)
These ocean waves arousable to fury and to death,
Or sooth'd to ease and sheeny sun and sleep,
Within the pallid slivers slumbering.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 1. Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling
  2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 55. An Evening Lull
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 1. The Pilot in the Mist
  4. Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 5. Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 2. Lingering Last Drops


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