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A Clear Midnight

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)

THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
   Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
   Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou
         lovest best.
   Night, sleep, and the stars.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 257
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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