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[22. What am I, after all, but a child, pleased with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over]
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What am I, after all, but a child, pleased with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over,I cannot tell why it affects me so much, when I hear it from women's voices, and from men's voices, or from my own voice,
I stand apart to hear—it never tires me.
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To you, your name also,Did you think there was nothing but two or three pronunciations in the sound of your name?
| Leaves of grass. (1861-1861) | |