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Song of Myself (1855)
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My rendezvous is appointed, it is certain,
The Lord will be there and wait till I come on perfect terms.
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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.
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NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren,
And the tree toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlours of heaven.
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I am he that walks with the tender and growing night, I call to the earth and sea half-held by the night. Press close bare-bosom'd night—press close magnetic nourishing night! Night of south winds—night of the large few stars! Still nodding night—mad naked summer night.
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This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is, This is the common air that bathes the globe.
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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Agonies are one of my changes of garments.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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Born:
May 31, 1819
Died:
March 26, 1892
(aged 72)
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