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TO A WESTERN BOY by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: MANY THINGS TO ABSORB I TEACH TO HELP YOU BECOME ELEVE OF MINE
Last Line: OF WHAT USE IS IT THAT YOU SEEK TO BECOME ELEVE OF MINE?
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHILDHOOD;
Many things to absorb I teach to help you become eleve of mine;
Yet if blood like mine circle not in your veins,
If you be not silently selected by lovers and do not
silently select lovers,
Of what use is it that you seek to become eleve of mine?



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