As I Ponder'd in Silence (Inscriptions) by Walt Whitman
As I Ponder'd in Silence (Inscriptions) by Walt Whitman

As I Ponder’d in Silence (Inscriptions)

Walt Whitman * Track #378 On Leaves of Grass

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As I Ponder'd in Silence (Inscriptions) by Walt Whitman

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As I Ponder’d in Silence (Inscriptions) Annotated

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As I ponder’d in silence,
Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,
A Phantom arose before me, with distrustful aspect,
Terrible in beauty, age, and power,
The genius of poets of old lands,
As to me directing like flame its eyes,
With finger pointing to many immortal songs,
And menacing voice, What singest thou? it said;
Know’st thou not, there is but one theme for ever-enduring bards?
And that is the theme of War, the fortune of battles,
The making of perfect soldiers?

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