Analysis of As The Time Draws Nigh

   AS the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud,
   A dread beyond, of I know not what, darkens me.

I shall go forth,
   I shall traverse The States awhile--but I cannot tell whither or how
         long;
   Perhaps soon, some day or night while I am singing, my voice will
         suddenly cease.

O book, O chants! must all then amount to but this?
   Must we barely arrive at this beginning of us?... And yet it is
         enough, O soul!
   O soul! we have positively appear'd--that is enough.