Leaves of Grass (1882)/Calamus/Here the Frailest Leaves of Me

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2378932Leaves of Grass (1882)Here the Frailest Leaves of MeWalt Whitman

HERE THE FRAILEST LEAVES OF ME.

Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting,
Here I shade and hide my thoughts, I myself do not expose them,
And yet they expose me more than all my other poems.