Leaves of Grass (1871-72)


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AS I WATCH'D THE PLOUGHMAN PLOUGHING.

AS I watch'd the ploughman ploughing,
Or the sower sowing in the fields—or the harvester
         harvesting,
I saw there too, O life and death, your analogies:
(Life, life is the tillage, and Death is the harvest accord-
         ing.)
 
 
 
 
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