There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked…

Walt Whitman
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There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became. ✨ Walt Whitman (2011). Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition, p.221, University of Iowa Press
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There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became. ✨ Walt Whitman (2011). Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition, p.221, University of Iowa Press

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