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348 Here! lilac, with a branch of pine, Here, out of my pocket, some moss which I pulled off
 * a live-oak in Florida, as it hung trailing down,

Here, some pinks and laurel leaves, and a handful of
 * sage,

And here what I now draw from the water, wading in
 * the pond-side,

(O here I last saw him that tenderly loves me—and
 * returns again, never to separate from me,

And this, O this shall henceforth be the token of
 * comrades—this calamus-root shall,

Interchange it, youths, with each other! Let none
 * render it back!)

And twigs of maple, and a bunch of wild orange, and
 * chestnut,

And stems of currants, and plum-blows, and the
 * aromatic cedar;

These I, compassed around by a thick cloud of
 * spirits,

Wandering, point to, or touch as I pass, or throw them
 * loosely from me,

Indicating to each one what he shall have—giving
 * something to each,

But what I drew from the water by the pond-side, that
 * I reserve,

I will give of it—but only to them that love, as I
 * myself am capable of loving.