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1819–1892

Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

Walt Whitman

Joy, 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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Joy, Shipmate, Joy! · Walt Whitman · Poetry Cove