On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, the West is the best. > http://www.poetry-archive.com/w/facing_west_from_california's_shores.html FACING WEST FROM CALIFORNIA'S SHORES by: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) FACING west from California's shores, Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound, I, a child, very old, over waves, towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations, look afar, Look off the shores of my Western sea, the circle almost circled; For starting westward from Hindustan, from the vales of Kashmere, >From Asia, from the north, from the God, the sage, and the hero, >From the south, from the flowery peninsulas and the spice islands, Long having wander'd since, round the earth having wander'd, Now I face home again, very pleas'd and joyous, (But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?) -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo! Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
