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The Commonplace

THE commonplace I sing; How cheap is health! how cheap nobility! Abstinence, no falsehood, no gluttony, lust; The open air I sing, freedom, toleration, (Take here the mainest lesson—less from books—less from the schools,) The common day and night—the common earth…

The City Dead-House

BY the city dead-house by the gate, As idly sauntering wending my way from the clangor, I curious pause, for lo, an outcast form, a poor dead prostitute brought, Her corpse they deposit unclaim’d, it lies on the damp brick pavement,…

The Centenarian’s Story

[Volunteer of 1861-2, at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.] Give me your hand old Revolutionary, The hill-top is nigh, but a few steps, (make room gentlemen,) Up the path you have follow’d me well, spite of your hundred and…

The Calming Thought of All

That coursing on, whate’er men’s speculations, Amid the changing schools, theologies, philosophies, Amid the bawling presentations new and old, The round earth’s silent vital laws, facts, modes continue.

The Base of All Metaphysics

AND now gentlemen, A word I give to remain in your memories and minds, As base and finalè too for all metaphysics.   (So to the students the old professor, At the close of his crowded course.)   Having studied the…

The Artilleryman’s Vision

WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long, And my head on the pillow rests at home, and the vacant mid- night passes, And through the stillness, through the dark, I hear, just hear, the…

That Shadow My Likeness

THAT shadow my likeness that goes to and fro seeking a liveli- hood, chattering, chaffering, How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits, How often I question and doubt whether that is really me; But among…

That Music Always Round Me

That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long untaught I did not hear, But now the chorus I hear and am elated, A tenor, strong, ascending with power and health, with glad notes of daybreak I hear, A soprano…

Thanks in Old Age

Thanks in old age—thanks ere I go, For health, the midday sun, the impalpable air—for life, mere life, For precious ever-lingering memories, (of you my mother dear —you, father—you, brothers, sisters, friends,) For all my days—not those of peace alone—the…