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THOUGHT of the Infinitethe All!
Be thou my God.
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Lover Divine, and Perfect Comrade!
Waiting, content, invisible yet, but certain,
Be thou my God.
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Thouthou, the Ideal Man!
Fair, able, beautiful, content, and loving,
Complete in Body, and dilate in Spirit,
Be thou my God.
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O Death(for Life has served its turn;)
Opener and usher to the heavenly mansion!
Be thou my God.
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Aught, aught, of mightiest, best, I see, conceive, or know,
(To break the stagnant tiethee, thee to free, O Soul,)
Be thou my God.
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Or thee, Old Cause, whener advancing;
All great Ideas, the races aspirations,
All that exalts, releases thee, my Soul!
All heroisms, deeds of rapt enthusiasts,
Be ye my Gods!
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Or Time and Space!
Or shape of Earth, divine and wondrous!
Or shape in I myselfor some fair shape, I, viewing, worship,
Or lustrous orb of Sun, or star by night:
Be ye my Gods.
Gods.
written byWalt Whitman
© Walt Whitman