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SUPPLEMENT HOURS by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: SANE, RANDOM, NEGLIGENT HOURS
Last Line: THE SILENT SUN AND STARS.

Sane, random, negligent hours,
Sane, easy, culminating hours,
After the flush, the Indian summer, of my life,
Away from Books -- away from Art -- the lesson learn'd, pass'd o'er,
Soothing, bathing, merging all -- the sane, magnetic,
Now for the day and night themselves -- the open air,
Now for the fields, the seasons, insects, trees -- the rain and snow,
Where wild bees flitting hum,
Or August mulleins grow, or winter's snowflakes fall,
Or stars in the skies roll round --
The silent sun and stars.



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