From
Leaves of Grass, by
Walt Whitman:
How they are provided for upon the
earth, (appearing at intervals,)
How dear and
dreadful they are to the earth,
How they inure to themselves as much as to any--what a
paradox appears their age,
How people respond to them, yet know them not,
How there is something relentless in their
fate all times,
How all times mischoose the objects of their
adulation and reward,
And how the same inexorable
price must still be paid for the same great
purchase.