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LIFE.
Ever, the undiscouraged, resolute strugglingsoul of man;
Have former armies failed? Then we send fresh
armies—and fresh again
Ever the grappled mystery of all earth's ages
old or new;
Ever the eager eyes, hurrahs, the welcome-clap-
ping hands, the loud applause;
Ever the soul dissatisfied, curious, unconvinced
at last;
Struggling to-day the same—battling the same.
WALT WHITMAN.
Publication Information
"Life."
New York Herald
15 April 1888:
16.
Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888).
Notes
The "Sands at Seventy" version of the poem includes parentheses around the second line.
Whitman Archive ID
per.00083