The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...