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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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WHEN I READ THE BOOK.
| WHEN I read the book, the biography famous, |
| And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life? |
| And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life? |
| (As if any man really knew aught of my life, |
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Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real
life, |
| Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections |
| I seek for my own use to trace out here.) |