Funeral Sounds not in Interpolations.
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| Over and through the burial chant, |
| Organ and solemn service, sermon, bending |
| priests, |
| To one come stealing- ^interpolation-sounds not in the show— |
| plainly to me all through athwart ^crowding up the aisle |
| and ^from the window, sounding, |
| Of sudden battle's hurry and harsh noises— |
| war's, war's grim game to sight and |
| ear in earnest, |
| The scout call'd up ^and forward——the General ^mounted, and his |
| aids ^around him——the new-brought word—the |
| instantaneous order issued; |
| The rifle-crack—the cannon thud—the |
| rushing-forth of men from their tents, |
| The clank of cavalry—the strange celerity |
| of forming ranks,—the slender bugle note; |
| The sound of horses' hoofs departing—saddles |
| arms, accoutrements. |
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Walt Whitman |
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