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Leaves of grass. (1861-1861)

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

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105.

I know I am august,
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood,
I see that the elementary laws never apologize,
I reckon I behave no prouder than the level I plant my house by, after all.
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