Walt Whitman

Here's a poem by Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892), American poet, essayist and journalist.

Read it now and this evening when the sun sets.

A Clear Midnight

THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best.
Night, sleep, death and the stars.
--Walt Whitman