...the thought of death close-walking the other side of me, And I in the middle as with companions, and as holding the hands of companions, I fled forth to...night that talks not, Down to the shores of the water om hadn't been surprised when Coogan wouldn't see him. The captain of the Fourth was playing hardball,...

...Symbolic world of the Father, he flees to the border separating land from water: "I fled forth / . . . Down to the shores of the water, the path by the swamp in the dimness" (123-124). He escapes from the daylight world of language to the "hiding receiving night, that talks...

...the thought of death close-walking the other side of me, And I in the middle as with companions, and as holding the hands of companions, I fled forth to...the path by the swamp in the dimness, To the solemn shadow cedars and ghostly pines so still. And the singer so shy to the rest receiv'd me, The gray-brown...

...the "strong deliveress." The poet follows the bird to hear "Death's outlet song of life" as he goes "Down to the shores of the water, the path by the...solemn shadowy cedars and ghostly pines so still." Lincoln is never mentioned by name in "Lilacs," but references to him are much in the "calamus" spirit...

...the thought of death close-walking the other side of me, And I in the middle, as with companions, and as holding the hands of companions, I fled forth to...And the singer so shy to the rest receiv'd me; The gray -brown bird I know, receiv'd us comrades three; And he sang what seem'd the song of death, and...

...knowledge of death as walking one side of me, And the thought of death close- walking the other side of me, hands of companions, I fled forth to the hiding receiving...pines so still. And the singer so shy to the rest received me, The gray-brown bird I know received us comrades three, And he sang the carol of death,...