Both Uses of
isthmus
in
Leaves of Grass
- See revolving the globe,
The ancestor-continents away group'd together,
The present and future continents north and south, with the isthmus
between.†Chpt 2 *
- I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States,
The tables of population and products, I would sing of your ships
and their cargoes,
The proud black ships of Manhattan arriving, some fill'd with
immigrants, some from the isthmus with cargoes of gold,
Songs thereof would I sing, to all that hitherward comes would welcome give,
And you would I sing, fair stripling!†Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(isthmus) a narrow strip of land (with water on each side) that connects two larger areas of land
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus