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Rh As I went forth in the morning—As I beheld the
 * light breaking in the east,

As I bathed on the beach of the Eastern Sea, and
 * again on the beach on the Western Sea,

As I roamed the streets of inland Chicago—whatever
 * streets I have roamed,
 * Wherever I have been, I have charged myself with
 * contentment and triumph.

I sing the Equalities, I sing the endless finales of things, I say Nature continues—Glory continues, I praise with electric voice, For I do not see one imperfection in the universe, And I do not see one cause or result lamentable at
 * last in the universe.

O setting sun! O when the time comes, I still warble under you, if none else does, unmitigated
 * adoration!



of what I am here for, Of these years I sing—how they pass through convulsed
 * pains, as through parturitions;

How America illustrates birth, gigantic youth, the
 * promise, the sure fulfilment, despite of people
 * —Illustrates evil as well as good;