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Best Quotes by Walt Whitman (112)

Discover the most loved quotes from Walt Whitman's poetry.

"I too announce solid things, Science, ships, politics, cities, factories, are not nothing, Like a grand procession to music of distant bugles pouring, triumphantly moving, and grander heaving in sigh…" from As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days · 17 ♥

"A NOISELESS patient spider, I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, …" from A Noiseless Patient Spider · 11 ♥

"And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, Till the bridge you will need be…" from A Noiseless Patient Spider · 8 ♥

"WHOEVER you are, holding me now in hand, Without one thing, all will be useless; I give you fair warning, before you attempt me further, I am not what you supposed, but far different." from Whoever you are, Holding me now in Hand · 6 ♥

"Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man; (Have former armies fail'd? then we send fresh armies—and fresh again;)" from Life · 5 ♥

"HAST never come to thee an hour, A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles, fashions, wealth? These eager business aims—books, politics, art, amours, To utter nothingness?" from Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour · 5 ♥

"I am to wait—I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you." from To a Stranger · 5 ♥

"Small the theme of my Chant, yet the greatest—namely, One's-SelfOne's-Self—a simple, separate person. That, for the use of the New World, I sing." from Small the Theme of My Chant · 4 ♥

"I feel like one who has done work for the day, to retire awhile; I receive now again of my many translations—from my avataras ascending—while others doubtless await me; An unknown sphere, more real t…" from So Long! · 4 ♥

"The sun bursts through in unlooked-for directions! Strong thoughts fill you, and confidence—you smile! You forget you are sick, as I forget you are sick, You do not see the medicines—you do not mind …" from To One Shortly to Die · 4 ♥

"I do not doubt that whatever can possibly happen anywhere at any time, is provided for in the inherences of things, I do not think Life provides for all and for Time and Space, but I believe Heavenly…" from Assurances · 4 ♥

"turn, and be not alarm'd, O Libertad—turn your undying face, To where the future, greater than all the past, Is swiftly, surely preparing for you." from Turn, O Libertad · 4 ♥

"where is what I started for, so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?" from Facing West from California's Shores · 4 ♥

"GOOD-BYE my Fancy! Farewell dear mate, dear love! I'm going away, I know not where, Or to what fortune, or whether I may ever see you again, So Good-bye my Fancy." from Good-Bye My Fancy! · 3 ♥

"That coursing on, whate'er men's speculations, Amid the changing schools, theologies, philosophies, Amid the bawling presentations new and old, The round earth's silent vital laws, facts, modes conti…" from The Calming Thought of All · 3 ♥

"Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identity, form—no object of the world. Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing; Appearance must not foil, nor shifted sphere confuse thy brai…" from Continuities · 3 ♥

"The tossing waves, the foam, the ships in the distance, The wild unrest, the snowy, curling caps—that inbound urge and urge of waves, Seeking the shores forever." from From Montauk Point · 3 ♥

"As sitting in dark days, Lone, sulky, through the time's thick murk looking in vain for light, for hope, From unsuspected parts a fierce and momentary proof, (The sun there at the centre though conce…" from From Far Dakota's Cañons · 3 ♥

"DAREST thou now O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?" from Darest Thou Now O Soul · 3 ♥

"Who believes not only in our globe, with its sun and moon, but in other globes, with their suns and moons; Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day, but for all time, sees rac…" from Kosmos · 3 ♥

"WHAT am I after all but a child, pleas'd with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over; I stand apart to hear—it never tires me. To you your name also; Did you think there was nothing bu…" from What Am I After All · 3 ♥

"AS Adam, early in the morning, Walking forth from the bower, refresh'd with sleep? Behold me where I pass—hear my voice—approach, Touch me—touch the palm of your hand to my Body as I pass; Be not afr…" from As Adam, Early in the Morning · 3 ♥

"I will play a part no longer—Why should I exile myself from my companions? O you shunn'd persons! I at least do not shun you, I come forthwith in your midst—I will be your poet, I will be more to you…" from Native Moments · 3 ♥

"OUT of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me, Whispering, I love you, before long I die, I have travel'd a long way, merely to look on you, to touch you, For I could not die till I o…" from Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd · 3 ♥

"O to be yielded to you, whoever you are, and you to be yielded to me, in defiance of the world!" from One Hour to Madness and Joy · 3 ♥

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