Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascinatio…

Walt Whitman
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Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination? ✨ 1881 Leaves of Grass, 'Youth, Day, Old Age and Night', stanza 1.
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Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination? ✨ 1881 Leaves of Grass, 'Youth, Day, Old Age and Night', stanza 1.

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