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Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 35

Part 35Would you hear of an old-time sea-fight? Would you learn who won by the light of the moon and stars? List to the yarn, as my grandmother's father the sailor told it to me.Our foe was…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 36

Part 36Stretch'd and still lies the midnight, Two great hulls motionless on the breast of the darkness, Our vessel riddled and slowly sinking, preparations to pass to the one we have…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 37

Part 37You laggards there on guard! look to your arms! In at the conquer'd doors they crowd! I am possess'd! Embody all presences outlaw'd or suffering, See myself in prison shaped like…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 38

Part 38Enough! enough! enough! Somehow I have been stunn'd. Stand back! Give me a little time beyond my cuff'd head, slumbers, dreams, gaping, I discover myself on the verge of a usual…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 39

Part 39The friendly and flowing savage, who is he? Is he waiting for civilization, or past it and mastering it?Is he some Southwesterner rais'd out-doors? is he Kanadian? Is he from the…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 40

Part 40Flaunt of the sunshine I need not your bask—lie over! You light surfaces only, I force surfaces and depths also.Earth! you seem to look for something at my hands, Say, old top-knot,…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 41

Part 41I am he bringing help for the sick as they pant on their backs, And for strong upright men I bring yet more needed help.I heard what was said of the universe, Heard it and heard it of…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 42

Part 42A call in the midst of the crowd, My own voice, orotund sweeping and final.Come my children, Come my boys and girls, my women, household and intimates, Now the performer launches his…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 43

Part 43I do not despise you priests, all time, the world over, My faith is the greatest of faiths and the least of faiths, Enclosing worship ancient and modern and all between ancient and…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 44

Part 44It is time to explain myself—let us stand up.What is known I strip away, I launch all men and women forward with me into the Unknown.The clock indicates the moment—but what does…