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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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THICK-SPRINKLED BUNTING.
| THICK-SPRINKLED bunting! flag of stars! |
Long yet your road, fateful flag—long yet your road, and lined
with bloody death,
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| For the prize I see at issue at last is the world, |
All its ships and shores I see interwoven with your threads greedy
banner;
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| Dream'd again the flags of kings, highest borne, to flaunt unrival'd? |
O hasten flag of man—O with sure and steady step, passing
highest flags of kings,
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Walk supreme to the heavens mighty symbol—run up above
them all,
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| Flag of stars! thick-sprinkled bunting! |
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