Selected Poems - Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd, by W. Whitman

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<b>Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd</b><br>
<br>By Walt Whitman (1819-1892)<br>American poet<br>
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Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me,<br>
Whispering I love you, before long I die,<br>
I have travel'd a long way merely to look on you to touch you,<br>
For I could not die till I once look'd on you,<br>
For I fear'd I might afterward lose you.<br>
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Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe,<br>
Return in peace to the ocean my love,<br>
I too am part of that ocean my love, we are not so much separated,<br>
Behold the great rondure, the cohesion of all, how perfect!<br>
But as for me, for you, the irresistible sea is to separate us,<br>
As for an hour carrying us diverse, yet cannot carry us diverse forever;<br>
Be not impatient--a little space--know you I salute the air, the<br>ocean and the land,<br>
Every day at sundown for your dear sake my love.<br>
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