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To a President.

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

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.

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

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