Poem A Day

Classic poem

Full of Life, Now.

by Walt Whitman

FULL of life, now, compact, visible,

I, forty years old the Eighty-third Year of The States,

To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence,

To you, yet unborn, these, seeking you.

When you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible;

Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me;

Fancying how happy you were, if I could be with you, and become your comrade;

Be it as if I were with you. (Be not too certain but I am now with you.)

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About this poem

First line
FULL of life, now, compact, visible,
Poet
Walt Whitman
Themes
identity, time

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