To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

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...

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...

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

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

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

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 beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

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

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