Both Uses of
invocation
in
Leaves of Grass
- The Last Invocation At the last, tenderly, From the walls of the powerful fortress'd house, From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of the well-closed doors, Let me be wafted.†
Chpt 30 *
- Thy lover me, for always I have loved thee, Even as basking babe, then happy boy alone by some wood edge, thy touching-distant beams enough, Or man matured, or young or old, as now to thee I launch my invocation.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(invocation as in: the minister's invocation) asking for supernatural help -- especially a prayer to God