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THOUGHTS (1) by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: OF OWNERSHIP - AS IF ONE FIT TO OWN THINGS COULD NOT AT PLEASURE ENTER UPON ALL
Last Line: PURPORT IN WHAT WILL VET BE SUPPLIED.
Of ownership -- as if one fit to own things could not at
pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate them into
himself or herself;
Of vista -- suppose some sight in arriere through the
formative chaos, presuming the growth, fulness, life,
now attain'd on the journey,
(But I see the road continued, and the journey ever continued;)
Of what was once lacking on earth, and in due time has
become supplied -- and of what will yet be supplied,
Because all I see and know I believe to have its main
purport in what will vet be supplied.



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