It includes the phrase, "So close that when you close your eyes, I fall asleep."
2007-05-01 15:59:59 · 6 answers · asked by toefu 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Not by Walt Whitman, but is this what you are looking for?
Pablo Neruda - Sonnet XVII
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
Or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
In secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in
Itself the light of hidden flowers;
Thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
Risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way
That this: where I does not exist, nor you,
So close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
So close that when you close your eyes, I fall asleep.
2007-05-01 16:05:04 · answer #1 · answered by banker lady 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think it may actually be Pablo Neruda (who was influenced tremendously by Whitman, btw)
Sonnet XVII
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
Pablo Neruda
2007-05-01 16:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer L 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whitman Patch
2016-11-06 23:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isnt by Whitman, that's why you can't find it. It's by Pablo Neruda. It was featured in the movie Patch Adams, beautifully read by Robin Williams. Pax - C
2007-05-01 16:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Love You Straightforwardly
2017-01-04 09:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by mayer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know that one, but I know a different one. It's from 'Song Of Myself'
"I celebrate myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loaf and invite my soul,
I lean and loaf at my ease...
observing a spear of summer grass.
I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content.
One world is aware, and by far the largest to me,
and that is myself,
And wether I come to my own today
or in ten thousand or ten million years,
I can cheerfully take it now,
or with equal cheerfulness I can wait.'
I think its kinda confusing...
2007-05-01 16:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋