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NOT MEAGRE, LATENT BOUGHS ALONE by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: NOT MEAGRE, LATENT BOUGHS ALONE, O SONGS! (SCALY AND BARE, LIKE EAGLES' TALONS)
Last Line: AND LOVE AND FAITH, LIKE SCENTED ROSES BLOOMING.
Not meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs! (scaly and bare,
like eagles' talons,)
But haply for some sunny day (who knows?) some future
spring, some summer -- bursting forth,
To verdant leaves, or sheltering shade -- to nourishing fruit,
Apples and grapes -- the stalwart limbs of trees emerging
-- the fresh, free, open air,
And love and faith, like scented roses blooming.



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