MY spirit to yours, dear brother;
Do not mind because many, sounding your name, do not understand you;
I do not sound your name, but I understand you, (there are others
also
I specify you with joy, O my comrade, to salute you, and to salute
those who are with you, before and since—and those to come
also,
That we all labor together, transmitting the same charge and
succession;
We few, equals, indifferent of lands, indifferent of times;
We, enclosers of all continents, all castes—allowers of all
theologies,
Compassionaters, perceivers, rapport of men,
We walk silent among disputes and assertions, but reject not the
disputers, nor any thing that is asserted;
We hear the bawling and din—we are reach'd at by divisions,
jealousies, recriminations on every side,
They close peremptorily upon us, to surround us, my comrade,
Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and
down, till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the
diverse eras,
Till we saturate time and eras, that the men and women of races, ages
to come, may prove brethren and lovers, as we are.
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I feel these lines say so much, that I feel, most who read them, won't grasp their meaning: MY spirit to yours, dear brother;
Do not mind because many, sounding your name, do not understand you;
I do not sound your name, but I understand you,
I feel he is saying, and I do believe that this is about Jesus, for who else in religion was crucified and is held up so highly amongst people (Christian or not), that tho he is not a Christian, that he does know who Christ is, but, I feel to most Christians, that to truly know Christ is to be a Christian and I find that to be false. And I feel that as well is what Walt is saying here, that just because they feel they know Christ because they are Christians, doesn't mean that they actually do.
But, in the end, all religions and creeds, as suggested I feel in this piece, should come together and see no fault amongst them because of their religion non-religion or creeds, and come together in love.
Powerful statement, if that is indeed what he is stating.
A good piece, from my impression of it, good indeed.
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Walt Whitman is one hell ofa poet and this piece was no different. I dont think I've read one of his that I've disliked yet. It's beautiful and even though it's about jesus and I have no belief in it, it really was well written poem. (At least im 99% sure it's about jesus..)
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so completely beautiful from the first word on.that we all maay walk togeather,harmonic.i found it a great read to the end. very epic like
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Wow, thanks for sharing this! I think this poem will mean different things to different people, which is in this case a good thing! ~Melisssa
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to be this content and allow all faith's, theologies and understanding of time....
the ultimate satisfaction in knowing this one day shall be!
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a beautiful piece... the ending made the meaning clear. though i fear some of it was lost on me, i loved the words and what i got out of it is a very powerful ideal. whatever chosen diety or unchosen diety brings us to this projected end, it is somethign to be sought and achieved.. worked for...
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Oh, that is sooo amazingly beautiful. This is one of my new favorites. The hope that, with Jesus on our side, we will all live in harmony one day... Stunning.....
~always
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