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Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life!
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O ME! O life!… of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill`d with the
         foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I,
         and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the
         struggle ever renew`d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see
         around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me
         intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O
         life?


                                Answer.

   That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
   That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
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