Nature
Twilight
From Leaves of Grass
Nature
The soft voluptuous opiate shades,
The sun just gone, the eager light dispell’d--(I too will soon be
gone, dispell’d,)
A haze--nirwana--rest and night--oblivion.
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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Twilight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/337/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Twilight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/337/.
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