This Dust Was Once the Man


  This dust was once the man,
  Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
  Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
  Was saved the Union of these States.
by Walt Whitman
by Walt Whitman
Written around 1891. 101 reads.
Written by Walt Whitman, in the public domain.
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