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Famous quotes containing the word walt:

    I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking
    among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys.
    Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

    I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman’s mind to be more like my own than any other man’s living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession.
    Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)