Religion
Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour
From Leaves of Grass
Religion
Hast never come to thee an hour,
A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles,
fashions, wealth?
These eager business aims--books, politics, art, amours,
To utter nothingness?
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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/135/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/135/.
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