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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 8. Perfections


Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,
As souls only understand souls.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 56. Old Age's Lambent Peaks
  2. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 13. Out from Behind This Mask [To Confront a Portrait]
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 1. The Pilot in the Mist
  4. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 32. Life
  5. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 16. Behold This Swarthy Face


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