The Mind

As If a Phantom Caress’d Me

by Walt Whitman 1819–1892

From Leaves of Grass

The Mind

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.

MLA

Whitman, Walt. “As If a Phantom Caress’d Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/237/.

Chicago

Whitman, Walt. “As If a Phantom Caress’d Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/237/.

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