Walt Whitman quotes - page 4

I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait. (Walt Whitman)
Over all the sky-the sky! far, far out of reach, studded with the eternal stars. View quote
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I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death. View quote
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I see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, "Do not weep for me, This is not my true country, I have lived banished from my true country-I now go back there, I return to the celestial sphere where every one goes in his turn." View quote
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero. View quote
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. View quote
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. View quote
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When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God. View quote
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You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things. View quote
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A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman. View quote
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What do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior? (Walt Whitman)
When lilacs last in the door-yard bloomed, And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. View quote
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I announce the great individual, fluid as Nature, chaste, affectionate, compassionate, fully armed; I announce a life that shall be copious, vehement, spiritual, bold, And I announce an end that shall lightly and joyfully meet its translation. View quote
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To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. View quote
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. View quote
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Give me solitude - give me Nature - give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities! View quote
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. View quote
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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you. View quote
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. View quote
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Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. View quote
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You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you. (Walt Whitman)
Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body. View quote
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I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth.... in mine it begins to be loosened. View quote
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I will You, in all, Myself, with promise to never desert you, To which I sign my name. View quote
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Loafe with me on the grass-loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want-not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice. View quote
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