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I will sleep no more but arise, You oceans that have been calm within me! how I feel you, fathomless, stirring, preparing unprecedented waves and storms.

Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 31
Died: 1892
Died: March 26
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West Hills
New York
Walter Whitman
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Arise
Storm
Fathomless
Wave
Oceans
Calm
Storms
Ocean
Stirring
Sleep
Unprecedented
Within
Waves
Feel
Preparing

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