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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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AMONG THE MULTITUDE.
| AMONG the men and women the multitude, |
| I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, |
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Acknowledging none else, not parent, wife, husband, brother,
child, any nearer than I am, |
| Some are baffled, but that one is not—that one knows me. |
| Ah lover and perfect equal, |
| I meant that you should discover me so by faint indirections, |
| And I when I meet you mean to discover you by the like in you. |