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Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

Book by Walt Whitman · 19 quotes · Leaves Of Grass, Divine, Earth

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Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856 Quotes

“There was a child went forth everyday, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day... or for many years or stretching cycles of years.”

“I open my scuttle at night and see the far-sprinkled systems, All all I see multiplied as high as I can cipher edge but the rim of the farther systems. Wider and wider they spread, expanding, always expanding, Outward and outward and forever outward.”