Poem by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 9. 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,
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.)

1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 51. The Dead Emperor
2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 14. Memories
3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 15. To-Day and Thee
4. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 33. “Going Somewhere”
5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 14. Interpolation Sounds

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