id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt chapter-389 chapter-389 .txt text/plain 189 12 75 My life and recitative, containing birth, youth, mid-age years, Fitful as motley-tongues of flame, inseparably twined and merged in one--combining all, My single soul--aims, confirmations, failures, joys--Nor single soul alone, I chant my nations crucial stage, (Americas, haply humanitys)-the trial great, the victory great, A strange eclaircissement of all the masses past, the eastern world, the ancient, medieval, Here, here from wanderings, strayings, lessons, wars, defeats--here at the west a voice triumphant--justifying all, A gladsome pealing cry--a song for once of utmost pride and satisfaction; I chant from it the common bulk, the general average horde, (the best sooner than the worst)--And now I chant old age, (My verses, written first for forenoon life, and for the summers, As here in careless trill, I and my recitatives, with faith and love, wafting to other work, to unknown songs, conditions, On, on ye jocund twain! On, on ye jocund twain! ./cache/chapter-389.txt ./txt/chapter-389.txt