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Poetic Imagery by Jill Ellen
May 9th, 2012 11:08 AM
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer. By Walt Whitman.
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
- Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
- Walt Whitman
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posted by Jill Ellen on May 12th, 2012 2:41 AM
Thanks - I love dear ol' Walt as well! I've made reading from his anthology a part of my daily routine.
I adore Mr. Whitman, and I quite enjoy your Praxis