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 "title": "A Leaf for Hand in Hand",
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 "poet": "Walt Whitman",
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 "book": "Leaves of Grass",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "A leaf for hand in hand;",
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    "text": "You natural persons old and young!",
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    "text": "You on the Mississippi and on all the branches and bayous of the Mississippi!",
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   },
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   {
    "text": "You twain! and all processions moving along the streets!",
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    "text": "I wish to infuse myself among you till I see it common for you to walk hand in hand.",
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