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Leaves of Grass.
:The plumbob, trowel, level, the wall-scaffold, the work of walls and ceilings, or any mason-work,
- The steam-engine, lever, crank, axle, piston, shaft, air-pump, boiler, beam, pulley, hinge, flange, band, bolt, throttle, governors, up and down rods,
- The ship's compass, the sailor's tarpaulin, the stays and lanyards, the ground tackle for anchoring or mooring, the life-boat for wrecks,
- The sloop's tiller, the pilot's wheel and bell, the yacht or fish-smack—the great gay-pennanted three-hundred-foot steamboat, under full headway, with her proud fat breasts, and her delicate swift-flashing paddles,
- The trail, line, hooks, sinkers, and the seine, and hauling the seine,
- The arsenal, small-arms, rifles, gunpowder, shot, caps, wadding, ordnance for war, and carriages;
- Every-day objects, house-chairs, carpet, bed, counterpane of the bed, him or her sleeping at night, wind blowing, indefinite noises,
- The snow-storm or rain-storm, the tow-trowsers, the lodge-hut in the woods, the still-hunt,
- City and country, fire-place, candle, gas-light, heater, aqueduct,
- The message of the Governor, Mayor, Chief of Police—the dishes of breakfast, dinner, supper,
- The bunk-room, the fire-engine, the string-team, the car or truck behind,
- The paper I write on or you write on, every word we write, every cross and twirl of the pen, and the curious way we write what we think, yet very faintly,
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