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• Walt Whitman: Excelsior - Who has gone farthest? for I would go farther, And who has been just? for I would be the most just person of the earth, And who most cautious? for I w
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• Walt Whitman: From Noon to Starry Night - Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon! Flooding with sheeny light the gray beach sand, The sibilant near sea with vistas far and foam, A