---

Walt Whitman - We Two-How Long We Were Fool`d
Work rating: Medium

WE two—how long we were fool`d!
Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as Nature escapes;
We are Nature—long have we been absent, but now we return;
We become plants, leaves, foliage, roots, bark;
We are bedded in the ground—we are rocks;
We are oaks—we grow in the openings side by side;
We browse—we are two among the wild herds, spontaneous as any;
We are two fishes swimming in the sea together;
We are what the locust blossoms are—we drop scent around the lanes,
              mornings and evenings;
We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables, minerals; 


We are two predatory hawks—we soar above, and look down;
We are two resplendent suns—we it is who balance ourselves, orbic
              and stellar—we are as two comets;
We prowl fang`d and four-footed in the woods—we spring on prey;
We are two clouds, forenoons and afternoons, driving overhead;
We are seas mingling—we are two of those cheerful waves, rolling
              over each other, and interwetting each other;
We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive, pervious,
              impervious:
We are snow, rain, cold, darkness—we are each product and influence
              of the globe;
We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again—we two
              have;
We have voided all but freedom, and all but our own joy.
Source
The script ran 0.002 seconds.