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LONG, LONG HENCE by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER A LONG, LONG COURSE, HUNDREDS OF YEARS, DENIALS
Last Line: THEN ONLY MAY THESE SONGS REACH FRUITION.
After a long, long course, hundreds of years, denials,
Accumulations, rous'd love and joy and thought,
Hopes, wishes, aspirations, ponderings, victories, myriads of readers,
Coating, compassing, covering -- after ages' and ages' encrustations,
Then only may these songs reach fruition.



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