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Leaves of Grass
1891
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To a Western Boy.
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CALAMUS.
TO A WESTERN BOY.
M
ANY
things to absorb I teach to help you become eleve of mine;
Yet if blood like mine circle not in your veins,
If you be not silently selected by lovers and do not silently select
lovers,
Of what use is it that you seek to become eleve of mine?
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Part of the cluster
CALAMUS.
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