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Leaves of grass.
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WALT WHITMAN'S DRUM -TAPS. New-York. 1865.
SEQUEL TO DRUM-TAPS. (SINCE THE PRECEDING CAME FROM THE PRESS.) WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOOR-YARD BLOOM'D. AND OTHER PIECES.WASHINGTON. 1865-6.
LEAVES OF GRASS. SONGS BEFORE PARTING.
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Leaves of grass.
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See, my children, resolute children,
By those swarms upon our rear, we must never yield or falter,
Ages back in ghostly millions, frowning there behind us urging, Pioneers! O pioneers!
Leaves of grass.