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Poems Of Walt Whitman: One's-Self I Sing

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Whitman, Walt

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One's-Self I Sing

One's - self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En - Masse.

Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse - I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing.

Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.

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