Both Uses of
emigrate
in
Leaves of Grass
- I am the actor, the actress, the voter, the politician,
The emigrant and the exile, the criminal that stood in the box,
He who has been famous and he who shall be famous after to-day,
The stammerer, the well-form'd person, the wasted or feeble person.†Chpt 28emigrant = someone who leaves a country to live in another country
- Night on the Prairies
Night on the prairies,
The supper is over, the fire on the ground burns low,
The wearied emigrants sleep, wrapt in their blankets;
I walk by myself—I stand and look at the stars, which I think now
never realized before.†Chpt 30 *emigrants = people who leave a country to live in other countries
Definition:
leave a country to live in another country