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ONE song, America, before I go,
I'd sing, o'er all the rest, with trumpet sound,
For thee--the Future.
I'd sow a seed for thee of endless Nationality;
I'd fashion thy Ensemble, including Body and Soul;
I'd show, away ahead, thy real Union, and how it may be accomplish'd.
(The paths to the House I seek to make,
But leave to those to come, the House itself.)
Belief I sing--and Preparation;
As Life and Nature are not great with reference to the Present
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But greater still from what is yet to come,
Out of that formula for Thee I sing.
One Song, America, Before I Go
Walt Whitman
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Poem topics: america, away, future, life, nature, song, soul, real, great, union, fashion, endless, body, belief, sound, house, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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