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Leaves of grass.

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CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN

LEAVES OF GRASS.

SALUT AU MONDE!

A WORD OUT OF THE SEA.

A LEAF OF FACES

EUROPE, The 72d and 73d Years of Thefe States.

POEM OF THE ROAD

TO THE SAYERS OF WORDS

A BOSTON BALLAD, The 78th Year of Thefe States.

CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY

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MESSENGER LEAVES.

To You, Whoever You Are

To a Foiled Revolter or Revoltress

To Him that was Crucified

To One shortly To Die

To a Common Prostitute

To The States, To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Prefidentiad.

To a Cantatrice

Walt Whitman's Caution

FRANCE, The 18th Year of Thefe States.

SLEEP-CHASINGS.

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A LEAF for hand in hand!
You natural persons old and young! You on the
     Eastern Sea, and you on the Western!
You on the Mississippi, and on all the branches and
     bayous of the Mississippi!
You friendly boatmen and mechanics! You roughs!
You twain! And all processions moving along the
     streets!
I wish to infuse myself among you till I see it com-
     mon for you to walk hand in hand.