a few moments, for reasons.

* * * * * * * *

The earth never tires,
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first--
Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first;
Be not discouraged--keep on--there are divine things,
well enveloped;
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful
than words can tell.



O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

O captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
Leave you not the little spot
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O captain! my captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
O captain! dear father!