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Leaves of grass (1872)
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Leaves of Grass.
PASSAGE TO INDIA.
[Gliding o'er all, through all]
Passage to India.
Thought.
O Living Always—Always Dying!
Proud Music of the Storm.
ASHES OF SOLDIERS.
President Lincoln's Burial Hymn.
POEM OF JOYS.
To Think of Time.
CHANTING THE SQUARE DEIFIC.
WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH.
SEA-SHORE MEMORIES.
Leaves of Grass.
GODS.
TO ONE SHORTLY TO DIE.
Now Finale to the Shore.
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Leaves of grass (1872)
WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED?
What
place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?
Lo! I send to that place a commander, swift, brave, immortal;
And with him horse and foot—and parks of artillery,
And artillery-men, the deadliest that ever fired gun.
Leaves of grass (1872)