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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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AFTER THE SEA-SHIP.
AFTER the sea-ship, after the whistling winds, |
After the white-gray sails taut to their spars and ropes, |
Below, a myriad myriad waves hastening, lifting up their necks, |
Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship, |
Waves of the ocean bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying, |
Waves, undulating waves, liquid, uneven, emulous waves, |
Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves, |
Where the great vessel sailing and tacking displaced the surface, |
Larger and smaller waves in the spread of the ocean yearnfully
flowing,
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The wake of the sea-ship after she passes, flashing and frolicsome
under the sun,
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A motley procession with many a fleck of foam and many fragments, |
Following the stately and rapid ship, in the wake following. |
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