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THEY shall arise in the States—mediums shall,
They shall report Nature, laws, physiology, and
     happiness,
They shall illustrate Democracy and the kosmos,
They shall be alimentive, amative, perceptive,
They shall be complete women and men—their pose
     brawny and supple, their drink water, their blood
     clean and clear,
They shall enjoy materialism and the sight of prod-
     ucts—they shall enjoy the sight of the beef,
     lumber, bread-stuffs, of Chicago, the great city,
They shall train themselves to go in public to become
     oratists, (orators and oratresses,)
Strong and sweet shall their tongues be—poems and
     materials of poems shall come from their lives—
     they shall be makers and finders,
Of them, and of their works, shall emerge divine
     conveyers, to convey gospels,
Characters, events, retrospections, shall be conveyed
     in gospels—Trees, animals, waters, shall be
     conveyed,
Death, the future, the invisible faith, shall all be
     conveyed.