One’s-Self I Sing
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Jump to navigationJump to searchOne’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.
| from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman | |
| Leaves of Grass | As I Ponder’d in Silence 
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