American - Poet | May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Walt Whitman
InspirationalMyselfCelebrateSing
The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
BeautifulHairGraves
The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
CountryHimPoetProofHeHis
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
LearningGreatYouAgainstOnlyWho
The real war will never get in the books.
WarWillNeverRealGetBooks
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
TeacherStyleDestroyWhoMostHe
I exist as I am, that is enough.
I AmEnoughExistAm
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
NatureMeWindowMoreBooksThan
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
GreatPoemYourFleshShallVery
O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
LoveI Love YouMyselfI AmMeRoad
The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
BeautyIndependenceDepartureActions
I accept reality and dare not question it.
RealityDareAcceptQuestion
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