Leaves of Grass (1871-72)


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To a President.

ALL you are doing and saying is to America dangled
         mirages;
You have not learn'd of Nature—of the politics of Na-
         ture, you have not learn'd the great amplitude,
         rectitude, impartiality;
You have not seen that only such as they are for These
         States,
And that what is less than they, must sooner or later
         lift off from These States.
 
 
 
 
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