From “Song of Myself” (1867) by Walt Whitman: I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one’s self is, And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud, And I or you pocketless of a dime may purchase the pick of the earth, And to glance with an eye or show a bean in its pod confounds the learning of all times, And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero, And there is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheel’d universe, And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool Composed before a million universes. And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I am who am curious about each am not curious about God, (No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God And about death.)
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:08:13 +0000
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