“Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat;
Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best;
Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.”

Source: Leaves of Grass

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American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892

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