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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 19. Not the Pilot


Not the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port,
      though beaten back and many times baffled;
Not the pathfinder penetrating inland weary and long,
By deserts parch'd, snows chill'd, rivers wet, perseveres till he
      reaches his destination,
More than I have charged myself, heeded or unheeded, to compose
      march for these States,
For a battle-call, rousing to arms if need be, years, centuries hence.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 35. Italian Music in Dakota
  2. Leaves of Grass. 33. Songs of Parting. 14. Portals
  3. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 38. The Prairie States
  4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 17. A Christmas Greeting
  5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 6. Proudly the Flood Comes In


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