Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing.
And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles
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 tyr...
Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.
Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul.
Song of myselfA child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition,...
Resist much, obey little.
Love the earth and sun and animals,Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.All seems beautiful to me.Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and sha...
(I know, it's a poem but oh well).Why! who makes much of a miracle? As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses to...
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.
O the joy of my spirit--it is uncaged--it darts like lightning!It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time,I will have thousands of globes and all time.
What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever...