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50 The homeward bound, and
the outward bound,
The beautiful lost swimmer, the ennuyé, the onanist, the female that loves unrequited, the money- maker,
The actor and actress, those through with their parts
and those
waiting to commence,
The affectionate boy, the husband and wife, the voter, the nominee that is chosen, and the nominee that has fail'd,
The great already known, and the great any time after to-day,
The stammerer, the sick, the perfect-form'd, the homely,
The criminal that stood in the box, the judge that sat and sentenced him, the fluent lawyers, the jury, the audience,
The laugher and weeper, the dancer, the midnight widow, the red squaw,
The consumptive, the erysipelite, the idiot, he that is wrong'd,
The antipodes, and every one between this and them in the dark,
I swear they are averaged now — one is no better than the other,
The night and sleep have liken'd them and restored them.
51 I swear they are all beautiful;
Every one that sleeps is beautiful — everything in the dim light is beautiful,
The wi1dest and bloodiest is over, and all is peace.
52 Peace is always beautiful,
The myth of heaven ;indicates peace and night.
53 The myth of heaven indicates the Soul;
The Soul is always beautiful — it appears more or it appears less — it comes, or it lags behind,
It comes from its embower'd garden, and looks pleasantly on itself, and encloses the world,
Perfect and clean the genitals previously jetting, and perfect and clean the womb cohering,
The head well-grown, proportion'd and plumb, and
the bowels
and joints proportion'd and plumb.
54 The Soul is always beautiful,
The universe is duly in order, everything is in its place,
What has arrived is in its place, and what waits is in its place;
The twisted skull waits, the watery or rotten blood waits,
The child of the glutton or venerealee waits long, and the child of the drunkard waits long, and the drunkard himself waits long,
The sleepers that lived and died wait — the far ad- vanced are to go on in their turns, and the far behind are to come on in their turns,
The diverse shall be no less diverse, but they shall flow and unite — they unite now.
The beautiful lost swimmer, the ennuyé, the onanist, the female that loves unrequited, the money- maker,
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The affectionate boy, the husband and wife, the voter, the nominee that is chosen, and the nominee that has fail'd,
The great already known, and the great any time after to-day,
The stammerer, the sick, the perfect-form'd, the homely,
The criminal that stood in the box, the judge that sat and sentenced him, the fluent lawyers, the jury, the audience,
The laugher and weeper, the dancer, the midnight widow, the red squaw,
The consumptive, the erysipelite, the idiot, he that is wrong'd,
The antipodes, and every one between this and them in the dark,
I swear they are averaged now — one is no better than the other,
The night and sleep have liken'd them and restored them.
51 I swear they are all beautiful;
Every one that sleeps is beautiful — everything in the dim light is beautiful,
The wi1dest and bloodiest is over, and all is peace.
52 Peace is always beautiful,
The myth of heaven ;indicates peace and night.
53 The myth of heaven indicates the Soul;
The Soul is always beautiful — it appears more or it appears less — it comes, or it lags behind,
It comes from its embower'd garden, and looks pleasantly on itself, and encloses the world,
Perfect and clean the genitals previously jetting, and perfect and clean the womb cohering,
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54 The Soul is always beautiful,
The universe is duly in order, everything is in its place,
What has arrived is in its place, and what waits is in its place;
The twisted skull waits, the watery or rotten blood waits,
The child of the glutton or venerealee waits long, and the child of the drunkard waits long, and the drunkard himself waits long,
The sleepers that lived and died wait — the far ad- vanced are to go on in their turns, and the far behind are to come on in their turns,
The diverse shall be no less diverse, but they shall flow and unite — they unite now.
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