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Leaves of Grass
1881
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Here the Frailest Leaves of Me.
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CALAMUS.
HERE THE FRAILEST LEAVES OF ME.
H
ERE
the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting,
Here I shade and hide my thoughts, I myself do not expose them,
And yet they expose me more than all my other poems.
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CALAMUS.
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