Nature
Here the Frailest Leaves of Me
From Leaves of Grass
Nature
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.
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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Here the Frailest Leaves of Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/66/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Here the Frailest Leaves of Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/66/.
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