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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON.
| Look down, fair moon, and bathe this scene; |
Pour softly down night's nimbus floods, on faces ghast-
ly, swollen, purple;
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On the dead, on their backs, with their arms toss'd
wide,
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| Pour down your unstinted nimbus, sacred moon. |
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