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 "title": "A Clear Midnight",
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 "poet": "Walt Whitman",
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 "book": "Leaves of Grass",
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 "container": "From Noon to Starry Night",
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  "year": 1881,
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-12"
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    "text": "This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,",
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    "text": "Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,",
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   {
    "text": "Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best,",
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   {
    "text": "Night, sleep, death and the stars.",
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