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Leaves of Grass 4

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

4.

1 WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleased with the  
 sound of my own name? repeating it over and  
 over;
I stand apart to hear—it never tires me.
2To you, your name also, Did you think there was nothing but two or three pro- 
 nunciations in the sound of your name?

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

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