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SOUNDS OF THE WINTER by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: SOUNDS OF THE WINTER TOO
Last Line: FORTH FROM THESE SNOWY HAIRS WE KEEP UP YET THE LILT.
Subject(s): WINTER;
Sounds of the winter too,
Sunshine upon the mountains -- many a distant strain
From cheery railroad train -- from nearer field, barn, house,
The whispering air -- even the mute crops, garner'd apples, corn,
Children's and women's tones -- rhythm of many a farmer and of flail,
An old man's garrulous lips among the rest, Think not we give out yet,
Forth from these snowy hairs we keep up yet the lilt.



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