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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the author of Leaves of Grass...
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The Untold Want

 
by Walt Whitman

The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted,   
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.



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