Both Uses of
impromptu
in
Leaves of Grass
- …and the sullen remnant retreating, Till after midnight glimmer upon us the lights of a dim-lighted building, We come to an open space in the woods, and halt by the dim-lighted building, 'tis a large old church at the crossing roads, now an impromptu hospital, Entering but for a minute I see a sight beyond all the pictures and poems ever made, Shadows of deepest, deepest black, just lit by moving candles and lamps, And by one great pitchy torch stationary with wild red flame and clouds…†
Chpt 21
- Enough O deed impromptu and secret, Enough O gliding present—enough O summ'd-up past.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(impromptu) without advance preparation