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And now it [grass] seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves, Tenderly will I use you curling grass,It may be you transpire from the breasts of y...more

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I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or wha...more

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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from...more

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Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

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When the full-grown poet came,Out spake pleased Nature (the round impassive globe, with all its shows of day and night,) saying, He is mine;But out sp...more

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And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth.

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I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runway sun, I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again look for ...more

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Have you reckon'd a thousand acres much? have you reckon'd the earth much? Have you practis'd so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get ...more

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I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well...more