All 4 Uses of
incarnate
in
Leaves of Grass
- I see the place of the idea of the Deity incarnated by avatars in
human forms,
I see the spots of the successions of priests on the earth, oracles,
sacrificers, brahmins, sabians, llamas, monks, muftis, exhorters,
I see where druids walk'd the groves of Mona, I see the mistletoe
and vervain,
I see the temples of the deaths of the bodies of Gods, I see the old
signifiers.†Chpt 6incarnated = embodied
- Behold me—incarnate me as I have incarnated you!†
Chpt 21 *incarnate = embody
- Behold me—incarnate me as I have incarnated you!†
Chpt 21incarnated = embodied
- Of them standing among them, one lifts to the light a west-bred face,
To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd both mother's and father's,
His first parts substances, earth, water, animals, trees,
Built of the common stock, having room for far and near,
Used to dispense with other lands, incarnating this land,
Attracting it body and soul to himself, hanging on its neck with
incomparable love,
Plunging his seminal muscle into its merits and demerits,
Making its cities, beginnings, events, diversities, wars, vocal in him,
Making its rivers, lakes, bays, embouchure in him,
Mississippi with yearly freshets and changing chutes, Columbia,
Niagara, Hudson, spending themse†Chpt 23incarnating = embodying
Definition:
embody (made real in a material sense) -- especially in the form of a human body, but sometimes figuratively