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Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass

Poem 173 of 382 · Drum-Taps

O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy

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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, You came, taciturn, with nothing to give--we but look’d on each other, When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me.

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