All 3 Uses of
excursion
in
Leaves of Grass
- We Two Boys Together Clinging
We two boys together clinging,
One the other never leaving,
Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making,
Power enjoying, elbows stretching, fingers clutching,
Arm'd and fearless, eating, drinking, sleeping, loving.†Chpt 5
-
Northward, young men of Mannahatta, the target company from an
excursion returning home at evening, the musket-muzzles all
bear bunches of flowers presented by women;†Chpt 10
- the crowded excursion for me!†
Chpt 21 *
Definition:
a short journey taken for pleasure
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey