English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 823. The Last Invocation |
| | | Walt Whitman (1819–1892) |
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| AT the last, tenderly, | |
| 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. | |
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| Let me glide noiselessly forth; | 5 |
| With the key of softness unlock the locks—with a whisper, | |
| Set ope the doors O soul. | |
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| Tenderly—be not impatient, | |
| (Strong is your hold O mortal flesh, | |
| Strong is your hold O love). | 10 |
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