“Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
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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.
“Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling!”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Drum-Taps. Give me the splendid Silent Sun
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: Leaves of Grass
“The sum of all known value and respect, I add up in you, whoever you are.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“Unscrew the locks from the doors!
Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,
Be not afraid of my body.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“I will You, in all, Myself, with promise to never desert you,
To which I sign my name.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“I refuse putting from me the best that I am.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
