Religion

Lingering Last Drops

by Walt Whitman 1819–1892

From Leaves of Grass

Religion

And whence and why come you?
We know not whence, (was the answer,)
We only know that we drift here with the rest,
That we linger’d and lagg’d--but were wafted at last, and are now here,
To make the passing shower’s concluding drops.

MLA

Whitman, Walt. “Lingering Last Drops.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/348/.

Chicago

Whitman, Walt. “Lingering Last Drops.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/348/.

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