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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 36. 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.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 12. Mediums
  2. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 24. Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour
  3. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 30. Race of Veterans
  4. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 9. My Canary Bird
  5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 28. Old Salt Kossabone


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