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Debris 16

Part of the cluster DEBRIS.

NOT the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship  
 into port, though beaten back, and many times  
 baffled,
Not the path-finder, penetrating inland, weary and  
 long,
By deserts parched, snows chilled, rivers wet, per- 
 severes till he reaches his destination,
More than I have charged myself, heeded or un- 
 heeded, to compose a free march for These  
 States,
To be exhilarating music to them, years, centuries  
 hence.

Part of the cluster DEBRIS.

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