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Rh I see the high pioneer-caps—I see the staves of
 * runners clearing the way,

I hear victorious drums.

This face is a life-boat, This is the face commanding and bearded, it asks no
 * odds of the rest,

This face is flavored fruit, ready for eating, This face of a healthy honest boy is the programme of
 * all good.

These faces bear testimony slumbering or awake, They show their descent from the Master himself.

Off the word I have spoken I except not one—red,
 * white, black, are all deific,

In each house is the ovum—it comes forth after a
 * thousand years.

Spots or cracks at the windows do not disturb me, Tall and sufficient stand behind, and make signs to
 * me,

I read the promise, and patiently wait.

This is a full-grown lily's face, She speaks to the limber-hipp'd man near the garden
 * pickets,

Come here, she blushingly cries—Come nigh to me,
 * limber-hipp'd man, and give me your finger and
 * thumb,

Stand at my side till I lean as high as I can upon you, Fill me with albescent honey, bend down to me, Rub to me with your chafing beard, rub to my breast
 * and shoulders.

Rh