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==Text==
 
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One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,
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Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
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Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
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Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I
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: say the Form complete is worthier far,
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The Female equally with the Male I sing.
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Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,
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Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,
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The Modern Man I sing.
  
 
==Critical Edition==
 
==Critical Edition==
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Walt Whitman. “One’s  Self I Sing [1867].” The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. B. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 2990.
  
 
==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 20:50, 12 April 2007

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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.

Critical Edition

Walt Whitman. “One’s Self I Sing [1867].” The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. B. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 2990.

Further Reading

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