Quotes from bookFulles d'herba
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman . Although the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first, a small book of twelve poems and the last, a compilation of over 400.
“The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Variant: Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.
Source: Leaves of Grass
“I am large, I contain multitudes.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Leaves of Grass
Variant: I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.
“Your very flesh shall be a great poem…”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Variant: And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
Source: Leaves of Grass
“And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
The Sleepers, 7
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: Leaves of Grass
“I am larger, better than I thought;
I did not know I held so much goodness.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Variant: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
Source: Leaves of Grass
