Guest guest Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Whitman’s “On the Beach at Night,Alone†   > “A vast similitude interlocks all, > All spheres, grown, ungrown, small, large, suns, moons, > planets, > All distances of place however wide, > All distances of time, all inanimate forms, > All souls, all living bodies though they be ever so > different, or in different worlds, > All gaseous, watery, vegetable, mineral processes, the > fishes, the brutes, > All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages, > All identities that have existed or may exist on this > globe, or any globe, > All lives and deaths, all of the past, present, future, > This vast similitude spans them, and always has > spann'd, > And shall forever span them and compactly hold and enclose > them.†>   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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