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Leaves of Grass (1882)
by Walt Whitman
Year that Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me
3467148Leaves of Grass (1882) — Year that Trembled and Reel'd Beneath MeWalt Whitman


YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME.

Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me!
Your summer wind was warm enough, yet the air I breathed froze me,
A thick gloom fell through the sunshine and darken'd me,
Must I change my triumphant songs? said I to myself,
Must I indeed learn to chant the cold dirges of the baffled?
And sullen hymns of defeat?