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Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour

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Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour by Walt Whitman

 HAST never come to thee an hour, 
A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles, fashions, wealth? 
These eager business aims—books, politics, art, amours, 
To utter nothingness?

Form: Free verse

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