English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Walt Whitman
823. The Last Invocation
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From the walls of the powerful fortress’d house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of the well-closed doors,
Let me be wafted.
With the key of softness unlock the locks—with a whisper,
Set ope the doors O soul.
(Strong is your hold O mortal flesh,
Strong is your hold O love).