Both Uses of
gambol
in
Leaves of Grass
- Hefts of the moving world at innocent gambols silently rising
freshly exuding,
Scooting obliquely high and low.†Chpt 3 *gambols = frolics (skips, leaps, and/or runs around in a happy, playful manner)
- Now the great organ sounds,
Tremulous, while underneath, (as the hid footholds of the earth,
On which arising rest, and leaping forth depend,
All shapes of beauty, grace and strength, all hues we know,
Green blades of grass and warbling birds, children that gambol and
play, the clouds of heaven above,)
The strong base stands, and its pulsations intermits not,
Bathing, supporting, merging all the rest, maternity of all the rest,
And with it every instrument in multitudes,
The players playing, all the world's musicians,
The solemn hymns and masses rousing adoration,
All passionate heart-chants, sorrowful appeals,
The measureless sweet vocalists of ages,
And for their†Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(gambol) to frolic (skip, leap, and/or run around in a happy, playful manner)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Gambol references a name.