Walt Whitman Poems : When I Heard at the Close of the Day

When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv'd
with plaudits in the capitol, still it was not a happy night for
me that follow'd,
And else when I carous'd, or when my plans were accomplish'd, still
I was not happy,
But the day when I rose at dawn from the bed of perfect health,
refresh'd, singing, inhaling the ripe breath of autumn,
When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear in the
morning light,
When I wander'd alone over the beach, and undressing bathed,
laughing with the cool waters, and saw the sun rise,
And when I thought how my dear friend my lover was on his way
coming, O then I was happy,
O then each breath tasted sweeter, and all that day my food
nourish'd me more, and the beautiful day pass'd well,
And the next came with equal joy, and with the next at evening came
my friend,
And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll slowly
continually up the shores,
I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands as directed to me
whispering to congratulate me,
For the one I love most lay sleeping by me under the same cover in
the cool night,
In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams his face was inclined toward me,
And his arm lay lightly around my breast--and that night I was happy.

Submited by

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 16:40

Poesia Consagrada :

No votes yet

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman's picture
Offline
Title: Membro
Last seen: 12 years 51 weeks ago
Joined: 04/08/2011
Posts:
Points: 849

Add comment

Login to post comments

other contents of Walt Whitman

Topic Title Replies Views Last Postsort icon Language
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Beat! Beat! Drums! 0 2.012 04/08/2011 - 23:53 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Beginners 0 2.320 04/08/2011 - 23:54 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Beginning My Studies 0 1.988 04/08/2011 - 23:55 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Behold This Swarthy Face 0 2.770 04/08/2011 - 23:57 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Bivouac on a Mountain Side 0 2.873 04/08/2011 - 23:58 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - A Boston Ballad [1854] 0 1.974 04/08/2011 - 23:59 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Broadway 0 2.538 04/09/2011 - 00:01 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - A Broadway Pageant 0 3.357 04/09/2011 - 00:02 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By Blue Ontario's Shore 0 1.238 04/09/2011 - 00:05 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By Broad Potomac's Shore 0 2.693 04/09/2011 - 00:10 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By That Long Scan of Waves 0 2.519 04/09/2011 - 00:12 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame 0 3.543 04/09/2011 - 00:14 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Camps of Green 0 2.429 04/09/2011 - 00:16 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine 0 1.822 04/09/2011 - 00:18 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Cavalry Crossing a Ford 0 1.581 04/09/2011 - 00:19 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Centenarian's Story 0 2.577 04/09/2011 - 00:20 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Chanting the Square Deific 0 2.123 04/09/2011 - 00:22 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The City Dead-House 0 1.736 04/09/2011 - 00:24 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - City of Orgies 0 1.182 04/09/2011 - 00:25 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - City of Ships 0 1.471 04/09/2011 - 00:26 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Come Up from the Fields Father 0 2.206 04/09/2011 - 00:27 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Commonplace 0 2.300 04/09/2011 - 00:28 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Continuities 0 3.422 04/09/2011 - 00:30 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 0 2.516 04/09/2011 - 00:32 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Dalliance of Eagles 0 3.185 04/09/2011 - 00:33 English