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Walt Whitman - I will Take an Egg Out of the Robin’s Nest.

I WILL take an egg out of the robin’s nest in the orchard, 
I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush in the garden, and go and preach to
    the
	world; 
You shall see I will not meet a single heretic or scorner, 
You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them, 
You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach.        
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I will Take an Egg Out of the Robin’s Nest. - Comments and Information

Poet: Walt Whitman (Walt Whitman Art)
Poem: 19. I will Take an Egg Out of the Robin’s Nest.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 22. Gathered Leaves
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day: Feb 11 2004

Comment 4 of 4, added on September 15th, 2008 at 10:49 AM.

This poem by Whitman was neither written nor first published in 1900, since Whitman died in 1892. The poem first appeared in the 1860 edition of The Leaves of Grass

Ken from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on April 6th, 2007 at 12:45 PM.

this poem just makes me want to go steal things from trees and robins.

BK* from United States
Comment 2 of 4, added on December 2nd, 2005 at 8:32 AM.

yes you are right but i would go and eat that egg if i saw it

fred from United States

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