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Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Quotes: Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, 	 An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering, High in the purer, happier air.
         

Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering, High in the purer, happier air.


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Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, 	 An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering, High in the purer, happier air.
         



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