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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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THIS DUST WAS ONCE THE MAN.
| THIS dust was once the Man, |
Gentle, plain, just and resolute—under whose cautious
hand,
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Against the foulest crime in history known in any land
or age,
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| Was saved the Union of These States. |
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