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THERE was a child went forth every day	A
And the first object he look'd upon that object he became	B
And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of	C
the day or for many years or stretching cycles of years	D
	-
The early lilacs became part of this child	E
And grass and white and red morning glories and white and red	F
clover and the song of the phoebe bird	G
And the Third month lambs and the sow's pink faint litter and the	H
mare's foal and the cow's calf	I
And the noisy brood of the barn yard or by the mire of the pond	J
side	K
And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there and the	H
beautiful curious liquid	L
And the water plants with their graceful flat heads all became part	M
of him	N
	-
The field sprouts of Fourth month and Fifth month became part of	C
him	N
Winter grain sprouts and those of the light yellow corn and the	H
esculent roots of the garden	O
And the apple trees cover'd with blossoms and the fruit afterward	G
and wood berries and the commonest weeds by the road	P
And the old drunkard staggering home from the out house of the	H
tavern whence he had lately risen	O
And the school mistress that pass'd on her way to the school	Q
And the friendly boys that pass'd and the quarrelsome boys	R
And the tidy and fresh cheek'd girls and the barefoot negro boy and	S
girl	T
And all the changes of city and country wherever he went	U
	-
His own parents	V
He that had father'd him and she that had conceiv'd him in her womb	W
and birth'd him	N
They gave this child more of themselves than that	X
They gave him afterward every day they became part of him	N
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The mother at home quietly placing the dishes on the supper table	Y
The mother with mild words clean her cap and gown a wholesome odor	Z
falling off her person and clothes as she walks by	A2
The father strong self sufficient manly mean anger'd unjust	B2
The blow the quick loud word the tight bargain the crafty lure	C2
The family usages the language the company the furniture the	H
yearning and swelling heart	M
Affection that will not be gainsay'd the sense of what is real the	H
thought if after all it should prove unreal	D2
The doubts of day time and the doubts of night time the curious	E2
whether and how	F2
Whether that which appears so is so or is it all flashes and specks	G2
Men and women crowding fast in the streets if they are not flashes	H2
and specks what are they	A
The streets themselves and the fa ades of houses and goods in the	H
windows	I2
Vehicles teams the heavy plank'd wharves the huge crossing at the	H
ferries	J2
The village on the highland seen from afar at sunset the river	Z
between	K2
Shadows aureola and mist the light falling on roofs and gables of	C
white or brown three miles off	L2
The schooner near by sleepily dropping down the tide the little	Y
boat slack tow'd astern	K2
The hurrying tumbling waves quick broken crests slapping	M2
The strata of color'd clouds the long bar of maroon tint away	A
solitary by itself the spread of purity it lies motionless in	K2
The horizon's edge the flying sea crow the fragrance of salt marsh	N2
and shore mud	L
These became part of that child who went forth every day and who now	K2
goes and will always go forth every day	A

Walt Whitman

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