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1   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.

2   To you, your name also,

Did you think there was nothing but two or three          pronunciations in the sound of your name?

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