Leaves of Grass (1871-72)

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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.

2   To you, your name also;
Did you think there was nothing but two or three pro-
         nunciations in the sound of your name?
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