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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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BEGINNERS.
HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at inter-
vals,)
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| How dear and dreadful they are to the earth, |
How they inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox
appears their age,
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| How people respond to them, yet know them not, |
| How there is something relentless in their fate all times, |
How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and re-
ward,
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And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same
great purchase.
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