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Leaves of grass (1872)
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Leaves of Grass.
PASSAGE TO INDIA.
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But sing, poet, in our name;
Sing of the love we bore him—because you, dweller in camps, know it truly.
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As they invault the coffin there;
Sing—as they close the doors of earth upon him—one verse,
For the heavy hearts of soldiers.
Leaves of grass (1872)