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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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WHAT THINK YOU I TAKE MY PEN IN HAND?
WHAT think you I take my pen in hand to record? |
The battle-ship, perfect-model'd, majestic, that I saw pass the
offing to-day under full sail?
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The splendors of the past day? or the splendor of the night that
envelops me?
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Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around
me?—no;
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But merely of two simple men I saw to-day on the pier in the
midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends,
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The one to remain hung on the other's neck and passionately
kiss'd him,
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While the one to depart tightly prest the one to remain in his
arms.
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