THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering,
    chaffering; 
How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits; 
How often I question and doubt whether that is really me; 
—But in these, and among my lovers, and caroling my songs, 
O I never doubt whether that is really me.         5

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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 35. That Shadow, my Likeness.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 3. Calamus
Year: Published/Written in 1900

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