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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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FULL OF LIFE NOW.
FULL of life now, compact, visible, |
I, forty years old the eighty-third year of the States, |
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To one a century hence or any number of centuries hence, |
To you yet unborn these, seeking you. |
When you read these I that was visible am become invisible, |
Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me, |
Fancying how happy you were if I could be with you and become
your comrade;
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Be it as if I were with you. (Be not too certain but I am now
with you.)
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