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Walt Whitman
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 31
Died: 1892
Died: March 26
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West Hills
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I am not contain'd between my hat and boots.
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I am larger, better than I thought I did not know I held so much goodness.
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Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.
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Manhattan crowds, with their turbulent musical chorus! Manhattan faces and eyes forever for me.
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I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.
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