But a cluster containing night's darkness and blood-dripping wounds, And psalms of the dead. - Walt Whitman

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But a cluster containing night's darkness and blood-dripping wounds, And psalms of the dead.

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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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