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Leaves of Grass
1891
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As I Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing.
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WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH.
AS I WATCH'D THE PLOUGHMAN PLOUGHING.
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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 according.)
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WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH.
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