Long after it was heard no more. Questions: 1.Why did the speaker always pay attention to solitary girls? 2.Why did the speaker love the music when he actually did not understand it? It Is a Beauteous Evening,Calm and Free It is a beauteous evening,calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration;the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea; Listen!the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder-everlastingly. Dear child!dear Girl!that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year; And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine, God being with thee when we know it not. Questions: 1.What does"calm and free"mean to the speaker? 2.Who is the "child"?Why did the speaker wish that"God being with thee"? II.Walt Whitman (1819-1892) 66 Long after it was heard no more. Questions: 1. ￾hy did the speaker always pay attention to solitary girls? 2. ￾hy did the speaker love the music when he actually did not understand it? It Is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; The gentleness of heaven broods o’er the Sea; Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder—everlastingly. Dear child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: Thou liest in Abraham’s bosom all the year; And worshipp’st at the Temple’s inner shrine, God being with thee when we know it not. Questions: 1. ￾hat does “calm and free” mean to the speaker? 2. ￾ho is the “child”? ￾hy did the speaker wish that “God being with thee”? II. Walt Whitman （1819-1892）