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PACIFIC IDEAS-A LETTER TO WALT WHITMAN by LOUIS SIMPSON

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First Line: WHEN THE SCHOONERS WERE DRIFTING
Last Line: O ANYTHING, TO HOLD HER IN MY ARMS!
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS; WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1891);

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