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I Will Take An Egg Out Of The Robin's Nest

Walt Whitman
I WILL take an egg out of the robin's nest in the orchard, I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush in the garden, and go and preach to the world; You shall see I will not meet a single heretic or scorner, You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them, You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach.

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