 | Leaves of grass (1872) |  |
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To think the thought of Death, merged in the thought of materials!To think that the rivers will flow, and the snow fall, and fruits ripen, and act upon others as upon us now—yet not act upon us!
To think of all these wonders of city and country, and others taking great interest in them—and we taking no interest in them!
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To think how eager we are in building our houses!To think others shall be just as eager, and we quite indifferent!
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(I see one building the house that serves him a few years, or seventy or eighty years at most,I see one building the house that serves him longer than that.)
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Slow-moving and black lines creep over the whole earth—they never cease—they are the burial lines,He that was President was buried, and he that is now President shall surely be buried.
| Leaves of grass (1872) | |