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Poems Of Walt Whitman: Beat! Beat! Drums!
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Whitman, Walt
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Beat! Beat! Drums!
Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow! Through the windows - through doors - burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying; Leave not the bridegroom quiet - no happiness must he have now with his bride, Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums - so shrill you bugles blow.
Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow! Over the traffic of cities - over the rumble of wheels in the streets; Are beds ...
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