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Leaves of grass (1872)
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Leaves of Grass.
PASSAGE TO INDIA.
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Leaves of grass (1872)
JOY, SHIPMATE, JOY!
Joy
! shipmate—joy!
(Pleas'd to my Soul at death I cry;)
Our life is closed—our life begins;
The long, long anchorage we leave,
The ship is clear at last—she leaps!
She swiftly courses from the shore;
Joy! shipmate—joy!
Leaves of grass (1872)