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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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TO GET THE FINAL LILT OF SONGS.
To get the final lilt of songs, |
To penetrate the inmost lore of poets—to know the mighty ones, |
Job, Homer, Eschylus, Dante, Shakspere, Tennyson, Emerson; |
To diagnose the shifting-delicate tints of love and pride and
doubt—to truly understand,
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To encompass these, the last keen faculty and entrance-price, |
Old age, and what it brings from all its past experiences. |
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