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DAREST THOU NOW, O SOUL. |
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Leaves of grass (1872) | ||
64
DAREST THOU NOW, O SOUL.
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Darest thou now, O Soul,Walk out with me toward the Unknown Region,
Where neither ground is for the feet, nor any path to follow?
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No map, there, nor guide,Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand,
Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land.
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I know it not, O Soul;Nor dost thou—all is a blank before us;
All waits, undream'd of, in that region—that inaccessible land.
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Till, when the ties loosen,All but the ties eternal, Time and Space,
Nor darkness, gravitation, sense, nor any bounds, bound us.
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Then we burst forth—we float,In Time and Space, O Soul—prepared for them;
Equal, equipt at last—(O joy! O fruit of all!) them to fulfil, O Soul.
Leaves of grass (1872) | ||