A depressing poem about the unstoppable passing of time and the inevitability of death. It also echoes the purposelessness of life as it is a continuous circle; furthermore, the final lines are "I will sleep!"
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AUTHOR(S) OF - Autopatheia [Dedicated to Walt Whitman]
Born on Long Island and raised in Brooklyn, Walt Whitman spent his childhood and early adulthood amid the sights and sounds of New York City and its environs.
