Dwell a while and pass on

"On Journeys Through the States"

Walt Whitman

We have watch'd the seasons, dispensing themselves and passing on,

And we have said, Why should not a man or woman do as much as the seasons, and effuse as much?

....

We say to ourselves, Remember, fear not, be candid, promulge the body and the soul,

Dwell a while and pass on, be copious, temperate, chaste, magnetic,

And what you effuse may then return as the seasons return,

And may be just as much as the seasons.