Thou Reader

THOU reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,
Therefore for thee the following chants.

poem by Walt Whitman
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.

quote by Walt Whitman
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Portals

WHAT are those of the known, but to ascend and enter the Unknown?
And what are those of life, but for Death?

poem by Walt Whitman
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I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

quote by Walt Whitman
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

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These Carols

THESE Carols, sung to cheer my passage through the world I see,
For completion, I dedicate to the Invisible World.

poem by Walt Whitman
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Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.

Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass
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O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.

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Answer That you are here---that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

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