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Work title : As I Ebbd With The Ocean Of Life

Work title : Not The Pilot

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Leaves of Grass (1860–1861)

Date: 1860–1861
Creator(s): Walt Whitman

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We closed with him—the yards entangled—the cannon touched, My captain lashed fast with his own hands.

I laughed content when I heard the voice of my little captain, We have not struck, he composedly cried

Only three guns were in use, One was directed by the captain himself against the enemy's main-mast, Two

Serene stood the little captain, He was not hurried—his voice was neither high nor low, His eyes gave

Then the mechanics take him for a mechanic, And the soldiers suppose him to be a captain, and the sailors

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