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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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VIRGINIA--THE WEST.

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Walt Whitman·1819–1892
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he noble sire fallen on evil days,I saw with hand uplifted, menacing, brandishing,(Memories of old in abeyance, love and faith in abeyance,)The insane knife toward the Mother of All. The noble son on sinewy feet advancing,I saw, out of the land of prairies, land of Ohio's waters and ofIndiana,To the rescue the stalwart giant hurry his plenteous offspring,Drest in blue, bearing their trusty rifles on their shoulders. Then the Mother of All with calm voice speaking,As to you Rebellious, (I seemed to hear her say,) why strive againstme, and why seek my life?When you yourself forever provide to defend me?For you provided me Washington--and now these also.
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