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“Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you …

On July 8, 2014June 1, 2014 By Christina's WordsIn Poetry, Quote

“Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you
That you may be my poem,
I whisper with my lips close to your ear,
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.”

– Walt Whitman, from “To You” in Leaves of Grass

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