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The moon gives you light, and the bugles and the drums give you music, and my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, my heart gives you love.

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
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Walter Whitman
Moon
Gives
Light
Veterans
Give
Drums
Music
Veteran
Giving
Soldiers
Heart
Love
Soldier

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