 | Leaves of grass (1872) |  |
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,
As I lean and look through the glimmering light—that one has utterly disappear'd,
And those appear that are hateful to me, and mock me.
| Leaves of grass (1872) | |