I Thought I was not Alone

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I Thought I was not Alone by Walt Whitman

 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, 
As I lean and look through the glimmering light—that one has utterly disappeared, 
And those appear that perplex me.

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