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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 6. As If a Phantom Caress'd Me


As if a phantom caress'd me,
I thought I was not alone walking here by the shore;
But the one I thought was with me as now I walk by the shore, the
      one I loved that caress'd me,
As I lean and look through the glimmering light, that one has
      utterly disappear'd.
And those appear that are hateful to me and mock me.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 30. Race of Veterans
  2. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 12. Mediums
  3. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 16. From Far Dakota's Canyons [June 25, 1876]
  4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 11. Shakspere-Bacon’s Cipher
  5. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 8. Perfections


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