The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

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.

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as...

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

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.

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

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...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...