Walt Whitman - To A Western Boy

O BOY of the West! <br /> To you many things to absorb, I teach, to help you become eleve of <br /> mine: <br /> Yet if blood like mine circle not in your veins; <br /> If you be not silently selected by lovers, and do not silently select <br /> lovers, <br /> Of what use is it that you seek to become eleve of mine?<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-western-boy/