Love
To a Western Boy
From Leaves of Grass
Love
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?
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitman, Walt. “To a Western Boy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/75/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “To a Western Boy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/75/.
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