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413 Walt Whitman - "Song of Myself"

The History of Literature

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Longfellow, the Mightiest of Magicians, Sends the Fever From the Marshes

He, the mightiest of magicians, sends the fever from the marshes. The white fog from the fenlands sends disease and death among us. Take your bow, o hiawatha. Take your arrows, jasper headed. Imagine the drums and rhythms of a native american tribe as it exists in a white man's mind anyway. It's a job well done.

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