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• Walt Whitman: Quicksand Years - Quicksand years that whirl me I know not whither, Your schemes, politics, fail, lines give way, substances mock and elude me, Only the theme I sing, t
• Quicksand - Quicksand is sand which shifts its place as if it were alive. (See Quick.) Source: Dictionary of ...
• Walt Whitman: Whispers of Heavenly Death - Darest thou now O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?
• Walt Whitman: 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, ascend