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Poems Of Walt Whitman: Vigil Strange I Kept On The Field One Night
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Whitman, Walt
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Vigil Strange I Kept On The Field One Night
Vigil strange I kept on the field one night; When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day, One look I but gave which your dear eyes return'd with a look I shall never forget, One touch of your hand to mine O boy, reach'd up as you lay on the ground, Then onward I sped in the battle, the even - contested battle, Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way, Found you in death so cold dear comrade, found your body son of responding kisses (never again on earth responding), Bared your face in the ...
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