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“surprising compound”

A most surprising compound of plain grandeur, sentimental affection, and downright nonsense. — Robert Louis Stevenson on Walt Whitman

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Shaming Us

I like to think that eventually he will shame us into becoming Americans again. — Guy Davenport on Walt Whitman

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Multitudes

Do I contradict myself? Very well then. I contradict myself, (I am large. I contain multitudes.) — Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”

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Hush’d be the camps today

Hush’d Be the Camps Today May 4, 1865 by Walt Whitman Hush’d be the camps today, And soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons, And each with musing soul retire to celebrate, Our dear commander’s death. No more for him … Continue reading

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