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Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass

Poem 93 of 382 · Book XVI

Youth, Day, Old Age and Night

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Youth, large, lusty, loving--youth full of grace, force, fascination, Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Day full-blown and splendid-day of the immense sun, action, ambition, laughter, The Night follows close with millions of suns, and sleep and restoring darkness.

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