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43   Allons! To that which is endless, as it was begin-     ningless,
To undergo much, tramps of days, rests of nights,
To merge all in the travel they tend to, and the days      and nights they tend to,
Again to merge them in the start of superior jour-     neys;
To see nothing anywhere but what you may reach it      and pass it,
To conceive no time, however distant, but what you      may reach it and pass it,
To look up or down no road but it stretches and      waits for you — however long, but it stretches      and waits for you;
To see no being, not God's or any, but you also go      thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it — enjoy-     ing all without labor or purchase — abstracting      the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;
To take the best of the farmer's farm and the rich      man's elegant villa, and the chaste blessings of      the well-married couple, and the fruits of or-     chards and flowers of gardens,
To take to your use out of the compact cities as you      pass through,
To carry buildings and streets with you afterward      wherever you go,
To gather the minds of men out of their brains as      you encounter them — to gather the love out of      their hearts,
To take your lovers on the road with you, for all that      you leave them behind you,
To know the universe itself as a road — as many roads       — as roads for traveling souls.