Arts & Sciences
As I Sit Writing Here
From Leaves of Grass
Arts & Sciences
As I sit writing here, sick and grown old,
Not my least burden is that dulness of the years, querilities,
Ungracious glooms, aches, lethargy, constipation, whimpering ennui,
May filter in my dally songs.
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Whitman, Walt. “As I Sit Writing Here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/296/.
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Whitman, Walt. “As I Sit Writing Here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/296/.
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