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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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TO RICH GIVERS.
| WHAT you give me I cheerfully accept, |
A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as I rendez-
vous with my poems,
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A traveler's lodging and breakfast as I journey through the States,
—why should I be ashamed to own such gifts? why to
advertise for them?
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| For I myself am not one who bestows nothing upon man and woman, |
For I bestow upon any man or woman the entrance to all the gifts
of the universe.
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