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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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AS IF A PHANTOM CARESS'D ME.
AS if a phantom caress'd me, |
I thought I was not alone, walking here by the shore; |
But the one I thought was with me, as now I walk by
the shore—the one I loved, that caress'd me,
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As I lean and look through the glimmering light—that
one has utterly disappear'd,
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And those appear that are hateful to me, and mock me. |
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