Poem Quotes by Walt Whitman

16 Poem quotes by Walt Whitman

Even a short set of Whitman’s verses can echo his grand, inclusive vision. These 16 poems give a taste of his expansive language, perfect for a quick immersion into his poetic world.

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And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Walt Whitman

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“Your very flesh shall be a great poem...”

Walt Whitman

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The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

Walt Whitman

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Song of Myself is a new kind of poem , which is shocked, puzzled, amused, amazed all the average readers, but it…

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“Not songs of loyalty alone are these, But songs of insurrection also, For I am the sworn poet of every dauntless rebel…

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Re examine all you have been told in school and in church Or in any book, dismiss what insults your own soul…

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Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your…

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Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you/ That you may be my poem/ I whisper with my lips close…

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Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy,…

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“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. In the history of the earth hitherto the largest and most stirring appear…

Walt Whitman

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“re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and…

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This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that…

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“A great poem is for ages and ages in common and for all degrees and complexions and all departments and sects and…

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“Your true soul and body appear before me. Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my…

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“The words of the true poems give you more than poems, They give you to form for yourself poems, religions, politics, war,…

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“Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900. To You WHOEVER you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams, I…

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O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is.

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“Each of us inevitable, Each of us limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth, Each of us allow'd the eternal…

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Comerado, this is no book,Who touches this, touches a man,(Is it night? Are we here alone?)It is I you hold, and who holds you,I…

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I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in…

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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to…

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“it makes such difference where you read”

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Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of…

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Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

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I think I could always live with animals. The more you're around people, the more you love animals.

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“I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the…

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So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road.

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Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

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