O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up … - Walt Whitman

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O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills…

Walt Whitman

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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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