Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this touches a man, … - Walt Whitman

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Camerado, this is no book,
Who touches this touches a man,
(Is it night? are we here together alone?)
It is I you hold and who holds you,
I spring from the pages into your arms — decease calls me forth.

Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American journalist and poet, most famous for his lifelong work on his book Leaves of Grass.

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¿No es la vida el desperdicio de muertes infinitas?

The question, O me! so sad, recurring — What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here — that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

The poet is individual — he is complete in himself: the others are as good as he; only he sees it, and they do not.

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