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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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GERMS.
FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts, |
The ones known, and the ones unknown, the ones on the stars, |
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, |
Wonders as of those countries, the soil, trees, cities, inhabitants,
whatever they may be,
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Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless combinations
and effects,
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Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere,
stand provided for in a handful of space, which I extend
my arm and half enclose with my hand,
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That containing the start of each and all, the virtue, the germs
of all.
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