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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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THE FIRST DANDELION.
| Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging, |
| As if no artifice of fashion, business, politics, had ever been, |
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Forth from its sunny nook of shelter'd grass—innocent, golden,
calm as the dawn, |
| The spring's first dandelion shows its trustful face. |