Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of Grass (1872)
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(348) There is that in me -- I do not know what it is -- but
I know it is in me.
(349) Wrench'd and sweaty -- calm and cool then my body
becomes;
I sleep -- I sleep long.
(350) I do not know it -- it is without name -- it is a word
unsaid;
It is not in any dictionary, utterance, symbol.
(351) Something it swings on more than the earth I swing
on;
To it the creation is the friend whose embracing awakes
me.
(352) Perhaps I might tell more. Outlines! I plead for
my brothers and sisters.
(353) Do you see, O my brothers and sisters?
It is not chaos or death -- it is form, union, plan -- it is
eternal life -- it is HAPPINESS.