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Walt Whitman quotes with source notes

This page gathers the current public RiseHush records attributed to Walt Whitman. A record with a locator is inspectable metadata; it is not a substitute for checking the edition and wording you intend to quote.

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verifiedI exist as I am, that is enough.Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass, "Song of Myself"verifiedI exist as I am, that is enough.Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass, Song of Myself verifiedAfoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road verifiedI celebrate myself, and sing myself.Walt WhitmanSong of Myself verifiedI exist as I am, that is enough.Walt WhitmanSong of Myself verifiedI loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.Walt WhitmanSong of Myself verifiedI loafe and invite my soul.Walt WhitmanSong of Myself verifiedYou shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books.Walt WhitmanSong of Myself, Leaves of Grass verifiedI am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.Walt WhitmanSong of the Open Road

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