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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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O TAN-FACED PRAIRIE-BOY.
Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift, |
Praises and presents came and nourishing food, till at last among
the recruits,
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You came, taciturn, with nothing to give—we but look'd on each
other,
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When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me. |
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