The Walt Whitman Archive
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O YOU WHOM I OFTEN AND SILENTLY COME.
O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are,
that I may be with you;
that I may be with you;
As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the
same room with you,
same room with you,
Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your
sake is playing within me.
sake is playing within me.