Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour

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



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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Scheme ABCBD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 217
Words 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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