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Leaves of Grass
1860
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Calamus 43
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CALAMUS.
43.
O
YOU
whom I often and silently come where you
are, that I may be with you,
As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the
same room with you,
Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your
sake is playing within me.
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