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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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THE PRAIRIE-GRASS DIVIDING.
THE prairie-grass dividing, its special odor breathing, |
I demand of it the spiritual corresponding, |
Demand the most copious and close companionship of men, |
Demand the blades to rise of words, acts, beings, |
Those of the open atmosphere, coarse, sunlit, fresh, nutritious, |
Those that go their own gait, erect, stepping with freedom and
command, leading not following,
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Those with a never-quell'd audacity, those with sweet and lusty
flesh clear of taint,
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Those that look carelessly in the faces of Presidents and governors,
as to say Who are you?
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Those of earth-born passion, simple, never constrain'd, never
obedient,
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