Walt Whitman - What Am I, After All?

WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleas'd with the sound of my own <br /> name? repeating it over and over; <br /> I stand apart to hear--it never tires me. <br /> <br /> To you, your name also; <br /> Did you think there was nothing but two or three pronunciations in <br /> the sound of your name?<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-am-i-after-all/