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MEMORIES by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: HOW SWEET THE SILENT BACKWARD TRACINGS!
Last Line: RESUMED -- THEIR LOVES, JOYS, PERSONS, VOYAGES.

How sweet the silent backward tracings!
The wanderings as in dreams -- the meditation of old times
resumed -- their loves, joys, persons, voyages.



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