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THE UNITED STATES TO OLD WORLD CRITICS by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: HERE FIRST THE DUTIES OF TO-DAY, THE LESSONS OF THE CONCRETE
Last Line: THE SOLID-PLANTED SPIRES TALL SHOOTING TO THE STARS.
Subject(s): UNITED STATES; AMERICA;
Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete,
Wealth, order, travel, shelter, products, plenty;
As of the building of some varied, vast, perpetual edifice,
Whence to arise inevitable in time, the towering roofs, the lamps,
The solid-planted spires tall shooting to the stars.



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