Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1882 — Walt Whitman on the Moon. [ARTICLE]

Walt Whitman on the Moon.

No one ever gets tired of the moon. Goddess that she is by dower of her eternal beauty, she is a true woman by her tact —knows the charm of being seldom seen, of coming by surprise and staying but a little while; never wears the same dress two nights running, nor all night the same way, commends herself to the matter-of-fact people by her usefulness, and makes her usefulness adored by poets, artists, and all lovers in all lands; lends herself to every symbolism and to every emblem; is Diana’s bow and Venus’ mirror and Mary’s throne; is a sickle, a scarf, an eyebrow, his face or her face, as looked at by her or by him; is the madman’s hell, the poet’s heaven, the baby’s toy, the study, and while her admirers follow her footsteps and hang on her lovely looks, she knows how to keep her woman’s secret—her other side unguessed and unguessable. There are six different types of the Goddess of Liberty afloat in this country, and not one of ’em is dressed in a w y you would like to see your sister adopt.— Somerville Journal,