Song of Myself

Walt Whitman

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1819 to 1892

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Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,
Hoping to cease not till death.
And what I assume you shall assume,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

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