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"How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!"
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "Song of the Broad Axe," sect. 6. |
"The moon gives you light,
And the bugles and the drums give you music,
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Dirge for Two Veterans (l. 33-36). . .
The Complete Poems [Walt Whitman]. Francis Murphy, ed. (1975; repr. 1986) Penguin Books. |
"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Song of the Broad Axe, sct. 3. |
"To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "Emerson's Books," Notes Left Over (1881). |
"Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "Song of the Open Road," sct. 1 (1856). |
"This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage,
Snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Faces, sct. 2. |
"O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you,
You express me better than I can express myself."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "Song of the Open Road," sct. 4 (1856). |
"The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws."
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "Freedom," Notes Left Over (1881). |
"Camerado, I give you my hand!
I give you my love more precious than money,
I give you myself before preaching or law;
Will you give me yourself?"
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Song of the Open Road, verse 15 (1856). |
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