Poem: “Wherefore?” by Walt Whitman

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Wherefore?

O me! O life!—of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities filled with the foolish;
Of myself for ever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and
        who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle
        ever renewed;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around
        me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

ANSWER.

That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.

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