I sing the body electric, The armies of those I love engirt… - Walt Whitman

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I sing the body electric,
The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them,
They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them,
And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the soul.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass · August 1, 2006 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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