...in section forty-five. There \ve catch him, having completed his descent, now beginning his return: My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,...and larger bunches between the steps. All below duly traveled, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me. Afar down I see...

...his descent, now beginning his return: My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs, On evciy step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly travcl'd, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me, Afar down I see...

...in section forty-five. There we catch him, having completed his descent, now beginning his return: My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs, On everv step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly traveTd, and still...

...dissolution; And I know the amplitude of time. I am an acme of things accomplish'd, and I am an encloser of things to be. My feet strike an apex of the apices...and larger bunches between the steps; All below duly travePd, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me; Afar down I see the...

...lamentation, (What have I to do with lamentation?) I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be. My feet strike an apex of the apices...bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, 1150 All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind...

...with lamentation; Leaves of Grass • i855 [ 59 I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be. My feet strike an apex of the apices...and larger bunches between the steps. All below duly traveled — and still I mount and mount. MSI Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me. Afar down...

...doors! / Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" (11. 503-4) He imagines himself as Cosmic Man: "My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,...larger bunches between the steps, / All below duly traveled — and still I mount and mount" (11.1149-51). Yet no matter how expansive he becomes in his...

...lamentation, (What have I to do with lamentation?) I am an acme of things accomplish'd, and I an encloser of things to be. My feet strike an apex of the apices...and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. 111. That is, syphilis. 112. Mythic wild men. Rise after rise...

...ends, "Now in this spot I stand with my robust soul." Right here, atop Bald Eagle. And to get here: On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. Walt seems to have a sense of geologic time in the perception...

...stairs, On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me, Afar down I see the huge first Nothing, I know I was even there, I waited unseen and always, and slept...