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Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets: To a Common Prostitute

Be composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature,
Not till the sun excludes you, do I exclude you,
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you, and the leaves to rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
 
My girl, I appoint with you an appointment—and I
charge you that you make preparation to be worthy to meet me,
And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till I come.
 
Till then, I salute you with a significant look, that you do not forget me.
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