Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as…

Walt Whitman
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. ✨ Walt Whitman, Poem Of Joys
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. ✨ Walt Whitman, Poem Of Joys

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