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Poems Of Walt Whitman: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Whitman, Walt
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When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
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When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever - returning spring. Ever - returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring, Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west, And thought of him I love.
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O powerful western fallen star! O shades of night - O moody, tearful night! O great star disappear'd - O the black murk that hides the star! O cruel hands that hold me powerless - O helpless soul of me! O harsh surrounding cloud ...
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