All 3 Uses of
hapless
in
Leaves of Grass
- I see Christ eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons, I see where the strong divine young man the Hercules toil'd faithfully and long and then died, I see the place of the innocent rich life and hapless fate of the beautiful nocturnal son, the full-limb'd Bacchus, I see Kneph, blooming, drest in blue, with the crown of feathers on his head, I see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-belov'd, saying to the people Do not weep for me, This is not my true…†
Chpt 6
- All the hapless silent lovers, All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked, All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying, Pioneers!†
Chpt 17 *
- My Days I sing, and the Lands—with interstice I knew of hapless War.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(hapless) unlucky or unfortunate -- often making others feel pity