To All You All



I swear I think now that every thing 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

Walt Whitman