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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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BATHED IN WAR'S PERFUME.
| BATHED in war's perfume—delicate flag! |
(Should the days needing armies, needing fleets, come
again,)
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O to hear you call the sailors and the soldiers! flag like
a beautiful woman!
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O to hear the tramp, tramp, of a million answering
men! O the ships they arm with joy!
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O to see you leap and beckon from the tall masts of
ships!
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| O to see you peering down on the sailors on the decks! |
| Flag like the eyes of women. |
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