The Free Woman
By Walt Whitman
(See pages [184], [268], [578], [726], [835])
She is less guarded than ever, yet more guarded than ever,
The gross and soil’d she moves among do not make her gross and soiled,
She knows the thoughts as she passes, nothing is concealed from her,
She is none the less considerate or friendly therefor,
She is the best belov’d, it is without exception; she has no reason to fear, and she does not fear.