by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Here the frailest See original
Language: English
Here the frailest leaves of me unfolding, 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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Otto Luening (1900 - 1996), "Here the frailest", published 1944 [ medium voice, piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Here the frailest leaves of me", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900
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Word count: 34