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Jack's poem in series finale?
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Jim Heckman
2004-04-13 00:50:38 UTC
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What was the poem Jack read to his students in the series
finale?

(Someone asked about this on a French newsgroup and got no
answer, so I thought I'd ask here and relay it if anyone knows.)
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Jim Heckman
Frank
2004-05-10 02:57:52 UTC
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:50:38 GMT, "Jim Heckman"
Post by Jim Heckman
What was the poem Jack read to his students in the series
finale?
(Someone asked about this on a French newsgroup and got no
answer, so I thought I'd ask here and relay it if anyone knows.)
The Poem is by Walt Whitman:

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 clutching,
ArmÂ’d and fearless,eating, drinking, sleeping, loving,
No law less than ourselves owning,sailing, soldiering, thieving,
threatening,
Misers, menials, priests alarming,air breathing, water drinking, on
the turf or the sea-beach dancing,
Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing,
Fulfilling our foray.
Jim Heckman
2004-05-10 07:30:06 UTC
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Post by Frank
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:50:38 GMT, "Jim Heckman"
Post by Jim Heckman
What was the poem Jack read to his students in the series
finale?
(Someone asked about this on a French newsgroup and got no
answer, so I thought I'd ask here and relay it if anyone knows.)
WE two boys together clinging, [...]
Yes. Someone eventually answered the question in the French
group, but thanks anyway! Of course, Whitman, and especially
_Leaves of Grass_, definitely makes sense for Jack.
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Jim Heckman
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