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.         5

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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 8. As if a Phantom Caress’d Me.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 18. Whispers of Heavenly Death
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day: Sep 29 2006

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