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Leaves of Grass (1867)
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TO A WESTERN BOY.
| O BOY of the West! |
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To you many things to absorb, I teach, to help you
become eleve of mine: |
| Yet if blood like mine circle not in your veins; |
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If you be not silently selected by lovers, and do not
silently select lovers, |
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Of what use is it that you seek to become eleve of
mine? |