Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting, Here I shade and hide my thoughts, I myself do not expose them, And yet they expose me more than all my other poems Walt Whitman More Quotes by Walt Whitman More Quotes From Walt Whitman And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.... And as to you corpse, I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me, I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing, I reach to the leafy lips — I reach to the polished breasts of melons. 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 sweet death thinking The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them. Walt Whitman wells earth want All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any. Walt Whitman miracle perfect profound By writing at the instant, the very heartbeat of life is caught. Walt Whitman heartbeat life-is writing I know perfectly well my own egotism. Walt Whitman egotism wells my-own Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be. Walt Whitman miracle age air You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things. Walt Whitman nature flower travel I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened. Walt Whitman tongue mines mouths This hour I tell things in confidence/ I might not tell everybody, but I will tell you. Walt Whitman hours might I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out. Walt Whitman leaves-of-grass hats please To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. Walt Whitman different dying death Under the specious pretext of effecting 'the happiness of the whole community,' nearly all the wrongs and intrusions of government has been carried through. Walt Whitman intrusion community government The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman sunshine happiness art The best writing has no lace on its sleeves. Walt Whitman lace sleeves writing I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, Walt Whitman veterans-day mother children Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later, delicate death. Walt Whitman lovely night death Are you the new person drawn toward me? Walt Whitman leaves-of-grass persons I do not seek good fortune - I am good fortune! Walt Whitman good-fortune fortune It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office. Walt Whitman government office thinking And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever happens to anybody it may be turn'd to beautiful results, And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death, And I will thread a thread through my poems that time and events are compact, And that all the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any. Walt Whitman perfect beautiful profound
