Leaves of Grass: Including Sands at Seventy, Good Bye My Fancy, Old Age Echoes, and A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd RoadsSmall, Maynard, 1899 - 455 pages |
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... strong , The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam , The mason singing his as he makes ready for work , or leaves off work , The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat , the deck- hand singing on the steamboat ...
... strong , The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam , The mason singing his as he makes ready for work , or leaves off work , The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat , the deck- hand singing on the steamboat ...
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... strong - breasted bull , Of earth , rocks , Fifth - month flowers experienced , stars , rain , snow , my amaze , Having studied the mocking - bird's tones and the flight of the mountain - hawk , And heard at dawn the unrivall'd one ...
... strong - breasted bull , Of earth , rocks , Fifth - month flowers experienced , stars , rain , snow , my amaze , Having studied the mocking - bird's tones and the flight of the mountain - hawk , And heard at dawn the unrivall'd one ...
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... strong and quick locomotive as it departs , panting , blowing the steam - whistle , See , ploughmen ploughing farms - see , miners digging mines- see , the numberless factories , See , mechanics busy at their benches with tools - see ...
... strong and quick locomotive as it departs , panting , blowing the steam - whistle , See , ploughmen ploughing farms - see , miners digging mines- see , the numberless factories , See , mechanics busy at their benches with tools - see ...
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... strong arm , The mate stands braced in the whale - boat , lance and harpoon are ready , The duck - shooter walks by silent and cautious stretches , The deacons are ordain'd with cross'd hands at the altar , The spinning - girl retreats ...
... strong arm , The mate stands braced in the whale - boat , lance and harpoon are ready , The duck - shooter walks by silent and cautious stretches , The deacons are ordain'd with cross'd hands at the altar , The spinning - girl retreats ...
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... strong I come , with my cornets and my drums , I play not marches for accepted victors only , I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons . Have you heard that it was good to gain the day ? I also say it is good to fall , battles are ...
... strong I come , with my cornets and my drums , I play not marches for accepted victors only , I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons . Have you heard that it was good to gain the day ? I also say it is good to fall , battles are ...
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