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TO A COMMON PROSTITUTE.
1 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.
2 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.
3 Till then, I salute you with a significant look, that you do not forget me.
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.
2 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.
3 Till then, I salute you with a significant look, that you do not forget me.
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