Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEHOLD THIS SWARTHY FACE, by WALT WHITMAN


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First Line: Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes
Last Line: We are those two natural and nonchalant persons.


Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes,
This beard, the white wool unclipt upon my neck,
My brown hands and the silent manner of me without charm;
Yet comes one a Manhattanese and ever at parting kisses me
lightly on the lips with robust love,
And I on the crossing of the street or on the ship's deck
give a kiss in return,
We observe that salute of American comrades land and sea,
We are those two natural and nonchalant persons.





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