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The Dead Emperor

by Walt Whitman

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(Publish’d March 10, 1888)

To-day, with bending head and eyes, thou, too, Columbia, Less for the mighty crown laid low in sorrow⁠—less for the Emperor, Thy true condolence breathest, sendest out o’er many a salt sea mile, Mourning a good old man⁠—a faithful shepherd, patriot.

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