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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 12. To the States


To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist
         much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever
         afterward resumes its liberty.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 18. Sounds of the Winter
  2. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 28. Old Salt Kossabone
  4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 14. Interpolation Sounds
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 23. A Persian Lesson


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