|
|
Leaves of Grass
Contents:
Spain, 1873-74
Out of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Out of the feudal wrecks and heap’d-up skeletons of kings,
Out of that old entire European debris, the shatter’d mummeries,
Ruin’d cathedrals, crumble of palaces, tombs of priests,
Lo, Freedom’s features fresh undimm’d look forth—the same immortal
face looks forth;
(A glimpse as of thy Mother’s face Columbia,
A flash significant as of a sword,
Beaming towards thee.)
Nor think we forget thee maternal;
Lag’d’st thou so long? shall the clouds close again upon thee?
Ah, but thou hast thyself now appear’d to us—we know thee,
Thou hast given us a sure proof, the glimpse of thyself,
Thou waitest there as everywhere thy time.
Contents:
Chicago: Walt Whitman, "Spain, 1873-74," Leaves of Grass, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Leaves of Grass (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed October 5, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ4VJBD3HDQYIWR.
MLA: Whitman, Walt. "Spain, 1873-74." Leaves of Grass, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Leaves of Grass, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 5 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ4VJBD3HDQYIWR.
Harvard: Whitman, W, 'Spain, 1873-74' in Leaves of Grass, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Leaves of Grass, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LJ4VJBD3HDQYIWR.
|