Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patien… - Walt Whitman

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Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient,
It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions.

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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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Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient, It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions. - Walt Whitman

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