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KANSAS (2), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Give me the land where miles of wheat
Last Line: Let me live and let me die.
Variant Title(s): Kansas
Subject(s): Creative Ability; Kansas; Nature; Wheat; Inspiration; Creativity


GIVE me the land where miles of wheat
Ripple beneath the wind's light feet,
Where the green armies of the corn
Sway in the first sweet breath of morn;
Give me the large and liberal land
Of the open heart and the generous hand.
Under the widespread Kansas sky
Let me live and let me die.





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