You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...The Bending forward and backward of the rowers...
Walt WhitmanAnd I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever happens to anybody it may be turn'd to beautiful results, And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death, And I will thread a thread through my poems that time and events are compact, And that all the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
Walt WhitmanBe not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.
Walt WhitmanNow I see that there is no such thing as love unreturn'd. The pay is certain, one way or another.
Walt WhitmanI think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.
Walt Whitman