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

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

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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

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

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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently ...more

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poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you

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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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Copulation is no more foul to me than death is.

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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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A 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...more

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What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, ...more

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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