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Book xxxiii. songs of parting: the untold want.
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"The Untold Want" is a poem written by Walt Whitman. This poem is about the author wanting something in his life and he could never receive it. So instead of giving up, he's going out on his own voyage to find it himself.
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Walt whitman 1819 (west hills) – 1892 (camden).
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