“The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.”

— Walt Whitman , book Fulles d'herba

Variant: Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.
Source: Leaves of Grass

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American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892

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