O Captain, my Captain I am sick of being a Pioneer I am sick of having my body being sung electric I am sick of these lilacs always blooming in my door-yard
O Captain, my Captain I don't want to walk along with Him I don't want to be a Gnostic I don't want to be divine
O Captain, my Captain Let me be free of this dreadful uniqueness Let me plod along life, uninhibited by aspirations to greatness Let me be the million, not the one