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Leaves of Grass
1881
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Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
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SONGS OF PARTING.
JOY, SHIPMATE, JOY!
J
OY
, shipmate, joy!
(Pleas'd to my soul at death I cry,)
Our life is closed, our life begins,
The long, long anchorage we leave,
The ship is clear at last, she leaps!
She swiftly courses from the shore,
Joy, shipmate, joy.
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SONGS OF PARTING.
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