O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy
1819-1892
O tan-faced prairie-boy,
Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift,
Praises and presents came and nourishing food, till at last among
the recruits,
You came, taciturn, with nothing to give--we but look'd on each other,
When lo! more than all the gifts of the world you gave me.
DayPoems Poem No. 2047
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2047.html">O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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