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Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900.

242. The Torch

ON my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen’s group stands watching;

Out on the lake, that expands before them, others are spearing salmon;

The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water,

Bearing a Torch a-blaze at the prow.