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Behold This Swarthy Face by Walt Whitman Lyrics

Genre: misc | Year: 1855

Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes,
This beard, the white wool unclipt upon my neck,
My brown hands and the silent manner of me without charm;
Yet comes one a Manhattanese and ever at parting kisses me lightly
        on the lips with robust love,
And I on the crossing of the street or on the ship's deck give a
        kiss in return,
We observe that salute of American comrades land and sea,
We are those two natural and nonchalant persons.