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1819–1892

Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour

Walt Whitman

Hast never come to thee an hour, A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles, fashions, wealth? These eager business aims — books, politics, art, amours, To utter nothingness?

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Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour · Walt Whitman · Poetry Cove