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1819–1892

We dwell a while in every city and town...

Walt Whitman

We dwell a while in every city and town, We pass through Kanada, the North-east, the vast valley of the Mississippi, and the Southern States, We confer on equal terms with each of the States,

We make trial of ourselves and invite men and women to hear, We say to ourselves, Remember, fear not, be candid, promulge the body and the soul, Dwell a while and pass on, be copious, temperate, chaste, magnetic, And what you effuse may then return as the seasons return,

And may be just as much as the seasons.

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We dwell a while in every city and town... · Walt Whitman · Poetry Cove