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Song of Myself

Walt Whitman

"Song of Myself" is a poem by Walt Whitman that is included in his work Leaves of Grass. It has been credited as "representing the core of Whitman’s poetic vision."

“I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“I and this mystery, here we stand.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“Let your soul stand cool and composed
before a million universes.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more
than he.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“And as to you life, I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths, / No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“I tramp a perpetual journey.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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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 Song of Myself

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“My words itch at your ears till you understand them”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“Long have you timidly waded
Holding a plank by the shore,
Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,
To jump off in the midst of the sea,
Rise again, nod to me, shout,
And laughingly dash with your hair.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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“I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.”

Walt Whitman Song of Myself

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