Make no puns funny remarks Double entendres “witty” remarks ironies Sarcasms Only that which is simply earnest meant, — harmless to anyone’s feelings — unadorned unvarnished nothing to excite a laugh silence silence silence silence laconic taciturn.
Walt Whitman's Notebook
Song Cycle by Michael Ippolito (b. 1985)
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Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Diaries
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George Walker Edward Smithson John Swinton (Lewis his bro. Sam (with black eyes & cap) Henry Hearne William Meeker William Phillips George P. Morris Leo Pete Dempsey Henry Post (Fulton op. Eagle office Nick (black Eyes 40th st—small) Joe (Canadian-Montreal) Bill Young (milkman and driver) George Applegate (tallest)
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Diaries
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Gentlemen, I will be very plain with you. — I see in my country many great qualities — I see in America not merely the home of Americans, but the home of the needy and down-kept races of the whole earth. — I know just as well as you the terrible effects of ages and degradation and caste. — It is a real truth — it is a black and bloody lesson — A. Baker, Boots 15 Ann st Stout boots $4 Double water proof 4.50
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