Share this page: I sing the body electric -- Title of a poem (1853) I celebrate myself, and sing myself. -- 'Song of Myself' (written 1855), part 3 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 toadis a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the colours of heaven. -- 'Song of Myself' (written 1855), part 31 I dreamed a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth, I dreamed that was the new city of Friends. -- 'I dreamed a dream' (1867) 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. -- 'Song of the Open Road' (1871), part 1, line 1 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exalting. (...) -- 'O Captain! My Captain!' (1871) When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed, And the great star early dropped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. -- 'When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed' (1881). st. 1 Share this page:

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