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Leaves of Grass (1867)
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Are you the New Person Drawn Toward me?
| ARE you the new person drawn toward me? |
To begin with, take warning—I am surely far differ-
ent from what you suppose;
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| Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? |
Do you think it so easy to have me become your
lover?
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Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd
satisfaction?
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| Do you think I am trusty and faithful? |
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Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth
and tolerant manner of me?
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Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground
toward a real heroic man?
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Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all
maya, illusion?
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