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 "title": "The Untold Want",
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 "poet": "Walt Whitman",
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 "book": "Leaves of Grass",
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  "venue": "Leaves of Grass (Washington, 1871)",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "The untold want by life and land ne’er granted,",
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    "text": "Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find.",
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