All 4 Uses of
secluded
in
Leaves of Grass
- …standards not yet publish'd, clear to me that my soul, That the soul of the man I speak for rejoices in comrades, Here by myself away from the clank of the world, Tallying and talk'd to here by tongues aromatic, No longer abash'd, (for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would not dare elsewhere,) Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself, yet contains all the rest, Resolv'd to sing no songs to-day but those of manly attachment, Projecting them along that substantial…†
Chpt 5
- …here, The swarming market-places, the temples with idols ranged along the sides or at the end, bonze, brahmin, and llama, Mandarin, farmer, merchant, mechanic, and fisherman, The singing-girl and the dancing-girl, the ecstatic persons, the secluded emperors, Confucius himself, the great poets and heroes, the warriors, the castes, all, Trooping up, crowding from all directions, from the Altay mountains, From Thibet, from the four winding and far-flowing rivers of China, From the…†
Chpt 18
- 4 In the swamp in secluded recesses, A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song.†
Chpt 22 *
- From deep secluded recesses, From the fragrant cedars and the ghostly pines so still, Came the carol of the bird.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(secluded) separated from the presence of others