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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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WHAT AM I, AFTER ALL.
1 WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleas'd with the
sound of my own name? repeating it over and
over;
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I stand apart to hear—it never tires me. |
2 To you, your name also; |
Did you think there was nothing but two or three pro-
nunciations in the sound of your name?
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