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In reply to the discussion: DUer Rowdyboy has passed away [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)50. So sad to hear this...
Peace and condolences to all who loved him...
Rowdyboy
That favorite poem of his that you've posted in the Lounge just breaks my heart.
When I Heard at the Close of the Day by Walt Whitman
When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receivd with plaudits in the capitol,
still it was not a happy night for me that followd,
And else when I carousd, or when my plans were accomplishd, still I was not happy,
But the day when I rose at dawn from the bed of perfect health, refreshd, singing,
inhaling the ripe breath of autumn,
When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear in the morning light,
When I wanderd alone over the beach, and undressing bathed, laughing with the cool waters,
and saw the sun rise,
And when I thought how my dear friend my lover was on his way coming, O then I was happy,
O then each breath tasted sweeter, and all that day my food nourishd me more,
and the beautiful day passd well,
And the next came with equal joy, and with the next at evening came my friend,
And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll slowly continually up the shores,
I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands as directed to me whispering to congratulate me,
For the one I love most lay sleeping by me under the same cover in the cool night,
In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams his face was inclined toward me,
And his arm lay lightly around my breast and that night I was happy.
When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receivd with plaudits in the capitol,
still it was not a happy night for me that followd,
And else when I carousd, or when my plans were accomplishd, still I was not happy,
But the day when I rose at dawn from the bed of perfect health, refreshd, singing,
inhaling the ripe breath of autumn,
When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear in the morning light,
When I wanderd alone over the beach, and undressing bathed, laughing with the cool waters,
and saw the sun rise,
And when I thought how my dear friend my lover was on his way coming, O then I was happy,
O then each breath tasted sweeter, and all that day my food nourishd me more,
and the beautiful day passd well,
And the next came with equal joy, and with the next at evening came my friend,
And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll slowly continually up the shores,
I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands as directed to me whispering to congratulate me,
For the one I love most lay sleeping by me under the same cover in the cool night,
In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams his face was inclined toward me,
And his arm lay lightly around my breast and that night I was happy.
Posted a little over a week before he passed...
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I can't believe this. He was one of my favorite DUers. I didn't know he was sick.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#7
I'm so very sorry to hear this. Condolences to his family; he'll be missed at DU
Hekate
Mar 2015
#68