A Clear Midnight Poem by Walt Whitman

I am limited on my education so feel timid even placing my reaction here but I loved this piece as it felt as a sigh of relief after a day of busy thoughts. I really appreciated how his words seemed unrestricted just natural in itself as one would be just before drifting off.

The last line is misprinted! It should read, Night, sleep, death, and the stars.

This is clearly a later poem by Whitman, when he has raised his gaze to the sky, the night sky, and contemplates the stars. It is preparatory to death, our human mortality in general and his own encounter in particular. His advice to his loyal readers: You have followed me on my journeys through the world, observing people at work, at play, in groups or alone, pursuing happiness and profit and life, Now come with me into the realm of silence, vastness, a new existence after the crossing the greatest of all threshold. I'll go first. I'll wait for you and take your hand if you're scared. The fear won't last long, I promise, but the wonder will be endless..

I feel the depth of the poem and the poet. Short but very wide in mening

My favorite poem by Walt Whitman.

Most deserving chosen by Poam Hunter and Team. Congratulations to the family of the late poet TOP Marks!

TWO: since the occurrence/the sufferings/the fear does not last long, but the reward is perpeual.will be perpetual

This might be his poem in the last period of his life, he thinks of his followers and tell them not to be scared for death,

Thee fully forth emerging..... the surfacing of the cream!

Through this excellent brevity, death is announced as short walk not very fearing long during.5 Stars! Congratulations being chosen by poem hunter and Team as The Classic Poem Of The day