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Walt Whitman (1819–1892).  Leaves of Grass.  1900.

312. I will Take an Egg Out of the Robin’s Nest


I WILL take an egg out of the robin’s nest in the orchard, 
I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush in the garden, and go and preach to the world; 
You shall see I will not meet a single heretic or scorner, 
You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them, 
You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach.         5


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