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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. 103,708 ratings, 4.12 average rating, 3,298 reviews. Leaves of Grass Quotes Showing 1-30 of 438. “Resist much, obey little.”. ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass. tags: poetry. 6103 likes.
Rating: (70.9K votes) Get the book. “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.”. ― Walt Whitman, quote from Leaves of Grass.
Apr 1, 2024 · 24 Top Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Quotes (the 1855 1st Edition) Enjoy 25 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass quotes pulled from his original 1855 1st edition text---lines that are as fresh and powerful today as then. April 1, 2024.
May 31, 2023 · Leaves of Grass. To me the converging objects of the universe perpetually flow, All are written to me, and I must get what the writing means. Leaves of Grass (First edition 1855; final edition 1892) is a book of poetry by Walt Whitman. Whitman revised and rearranged his masterwork many times after the first edition of 1855.
- “Resist much, obey little.” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass.
- “What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.” ― Walt Whitman.
- “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass.
- “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
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The critical and popular response to Leaves of Grass was mixed and bewildered. Leaves of Grass was most harshly criticized because Whitman's free verse didn't fit into the existing British
I will You, in all, Myself, with promise to never desert you, To which I sign my name. Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.
