Walt Whitman ( 10 of 34 )
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; read more
Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earth; Each of us here as divinely as any is here. -Walt Whitman.
Lo! body and soul!--this land!
Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and
The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the read more
Lo! body and soul!--this land!
Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and
The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships;
The varied and ample land,--the South
And the North in the light--Ohio's shores, and flashing Missouri,
And ever the far-spreading prairies, covered with grass and corn.
- Walt Whitman,
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred
If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred
I accept reality and dare not question it.
I accept reality and dare not question it.
If you done it, it ain't bragging.
If you done it, it ain't bragging.
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful
strokes.
Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful
strokes.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
