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We Two Boys Together Clinging.
| WE two boys together clinging, |
| One the other never leaving, |
| Up and down the roads going—North and South excursions making, |
| Power enjoying—elbows stretching—fingers clutch- ing, |
| Armed and fearless—eating, drinking, sleeping, lov- ing, |
| No law less than ourselves owning—sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening, |
| Misers, menials, priests alarming—air breathing, water drinking, on the turf of the sea-beach dancing, |
| Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing, |
| Fulfilling our foray. |