"the old name absorbs into me — MANNAHATTA, "the place encircled by many swift tides and sparkling waters. - Walt Whitman

"the old name absorbs into me — MANNAHATTA, "the place encircled by many swift tides and sparkling waters.

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About Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American journalist and poet, most famous for his lifelong work on his book Leaves of Grass.

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Birth Name: Walter Whitman
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LET us twain walk aside from the rest;
Now we are together privately, do you discard ceremony,
Come! vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouchsafed to none — Tell me the whole story,
Tell me what you would not tell your brother, wife, husband, or physician.
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