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Page 30
... heart , the pass- ing of blood and air through my lungs , The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves , and of the shore and dark - color'd sea - rocks , and of hay in the barn , The sound of the belch'd words of my voice loos'd to the ...
... heart , the pass- ing of blood and air through my lungs , The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves , and of the shore and dark - color'd sea - rocks , and of hay in the barn , The sound of the belch'd words of my voice loos'd to the ...
Page 32
... heart , And reach'd till you felt my beard , and reach'd till you held my feet . Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth , And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my ...
... heart , And reach'd till you felt my beard , and reach'd till you held my feet . Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth , And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my ...
Page 34
... heart and the old maid , for me mothers and the mothers of mothers , For me lips that have smiled , eyes that have shed tears , For me children and the begetters of children . Undrape ! you are not guilty to me , nor stale nor discarded ...
... heart and the old maid , for me mothers and the mothers of mothers , For me lips that have smiled , eyes that have shed tears , For me children and the begetters of children . Undrape ! you are not guilty to me , nor stale nor discarded ...
Page 48
... not press my fingers across my mouth , I keep as delicate around the bowels as around the head and heart , Copulation is no more rank to me than death is . L I believe in the flesh and the appetites , 48 LEAVES OF Grass .
... not press my fingers across my mouth , I keep as delicate around the bowels as around the head and heart , Copulation is no more rank to me than death is . L I believe in the flesh and the appetites , 48 LEAVES OF Grass .
Page 51
... heart's complaint , ) I hear the key'd cornet , it glides quickly in through my ears , It shakes mad - sweet pangs through my belly and breast . I hear the chorus , it is a grand opera , Ah this indeed is music this suits me . ― A tenor ...
... heart's complaint , ) I hear the key'd cornet , it glides quickly in through my ears , It shakes mad - sweet pangs through my belly and breast . I hear the chorus , it is a grand opera , Ah this indeed is music this suits me . ― A tenor ...
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Page 249 - WHEN lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
Page 28 - A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands, How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
Page 39 - I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue.
Page 27 - Out of the dimness opposite equals advance, always substance and increase, always sex, Always a knit of identity, always distinction, always a breed of life.
Page 43 - I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
Page 254 - Dark mother always gliding near with soft feet, Have none chanted for thee a chant of fullest welcome? Then I chant it for thee, I glorify thee above all, I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come, come unfalteringly.
Page 117 - I inhale great draughts of space, The east and the west are mine, and the north and the south are mine. I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness.
Page 254 - Then with the knowledge of death as walking one side of me, And the thought of death close-walking the other side of me, And I in the middle as with companions, and as holding the hands of companions, I fled forth to the hiding receiving night that talks not, Down to the shores of the water, the path by the swamp in the dimness, To the solemn shadowy cedars and ghostly pines so still.
Page 115 - Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am goodfortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing; Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road.
Page 72 - I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.