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 | Leaves of grass (1872) |  |
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;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 (1872) | |