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LeopoldBloom · M
This quote from Walt Whitman: “Let the limited years of life do nothing for the limitless years of death! (What do you suppose death will do, then?)”
Smidke · 26-30, F
@LeopoldBloom it’s the opposite of life
LeopoldBloom · M
@Smidke I think he's saying that life will have no effect on our fate after death, but the prospect of death has an enormous effect on our lives.
This is from [i]Respondez[/i] which is full of ironic observations like this one. In my opinion, Whitman's best poem, which he left out of later editions of [i]Leaves of Grass[/i].
This is from [i]Respondez[/i] which is full of ironic observations like this one. In my opinion, Whitman's best poem, which he left out of later editions of [i]Leaves of Grass[/i].
Smidke · 26-30, F
@LeopoldBloom Well we all die, no one lives forever, but it is how you live that resounds through eternity, they say!
LeopoldBloom · M
@Smidke Our lives can certainly have an effect on others after we're gone, but there's no evidence they have any effect on us when we're dead.