by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Fast‑anchor'd, eternal, O love
Language: English 
Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!
O bride! O wife! more resistless than I can tell, the thought of you!
-- Then separate, as disembodied, or another born,
Ethereal, the last athletic reality, my consolation;
I ascend -- I float in the regions of your love, O man,
O sharer of my roving life.

Portions of this text were used in Idyll by Frederick Delius.


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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
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Word count: 54