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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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THE UNITED STATES TO OLD WORLD CRITICS.
| Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete, |
| Wealth, order, travel, shelter, products, plenty; |
| As of the building of some varied, vast, perpetual edifice, |
| Whence to arise inevitable in time, the towering roofs, the lamps, |
| The solid-planted spires tall shooting to the stars. |
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