Walt Whitman

LEAVES OF GRASS
(1891-92 issue)
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 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself
 balks account,
 That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect.
 
 The expression of the face balks account,
 But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face,
 It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of
 his hips and wrists,
 It is in his walk, the carriage of his neck, the flex of his waist
 and knees, dress does not hide him,
 The strong sweet quality he has strikes through the cotton and broadcloth,
 To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem, perhaps more,
 You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side.
 
 The sprawl and fulness of babes, the bosoms and heads of women, the
 folds of their dress, their style as we pass in the street, the
 contour of their shape downwards,
 The swimmer naked in the swimming-bath, seen as he swims through
 the transparent green-shine, or lies with his face up and rolls
 silently to and from the heave of the water,
 The bending forward and backward of rowers in row-boats, the
 horse-man in his saddle,
 Girls, mothers, (...)
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