to think of time

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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Photo by J. J. Harrison

To think of time and the coming spring, the renewal, 
the rebirth, the born again.

 And a quote from Whitman...

"I swear I think now that everything without exception 

has an eternal Soul! 

The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of 

             the sea have! the animals! 

"I swear I think there is nothing but immortality! 

That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous 

             float is for it, and the cohering is for it; 

And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! 

and life and materials are altogether for it!"

"To Think of Time" from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

And in this case, I love his use of the word cohering, as in: to stick together; be united; hold fast; as parts of the same mass, the same continuum, the same nebulous flow.

La vie est belle.

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I swear I see now that everything has an
    eternal soul!
The trees have, rooted in the ground . . . .
    the weeds of the sea have . . . . the
    animal. - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21929#sthash.xEfQ4hFD.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an    eternal Soul! The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!    the animals! I swear I think there is nothing but immortality! That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is    for it, and the cohering is for it; And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life    and materials are altogether for it! - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an    eternal Soul! The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!    the animals! I swear I think there is nothing but immortality! That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is    for it, and the cohering is for it; And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life    and materials are altogether for it! - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an
   eternal Soul!   
The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!
   the animals!
   
I swear I think there is nothing but immortality!   
That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is
   for it, and the cohering is for it;   
And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life
   and materials are altogether for it!

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an
   eternal Soul!   
The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!
   the animals!
   
I swear I think there is nothing but immortality!   
That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is
   for it, and the cohering is for it;   
And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life
   and materials are altogether for it!

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an
   eternal Soul!   
The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!
   the animals!
   
I swear I think there is nothing but immortality!   
That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is
   for it, and the cohering is for it;   
And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life
   and materials are altogether for it!

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf

I swear I think now that everything without exception has an
   eternal Soul!   
The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have!
   the animals!
   
I swear I think there is nothing but immortality!   
That the exquisite scheme is for it, and the nebulous float is
   for it, and the cohering is for it;   
And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! and life
   and materials are altogether for it!

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21927#sthash.OrC5Yxmz.dpuf