Leaves of Grass :[1891] Including Sands at Seventy...1st Annex, Good-Bye my Fancy...2d Annex, A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life |
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| Leaves of Grass :[1891] | ||
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YOU LINGERING SPARSE LEAVES OF ME.
You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs,And I some well-shorn tree of field or orchard-row;
You tokens diminute and lorn—(not now the flush of May, or July clover-bloom—no grain of August now;)
You pallid banner-staves—you pennants valueless—you over-stay'd of time,
Yet my soul-dearest leaves confirming all the rest,
The faithfulest—hardiest—last.
| Leaves of Grass :[1891] | ||