“ I am large, I contain multitudes. ”
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (1855). copy citation
| Author | Walt Whitman |
|---|---|
| Source | Song of Myself |
| Topic | self multitude |
| Date | 1855 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | in "Leaves of Grass" |
| Note | |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass/Book_III |
Context
“what have you to confide to me?
Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, (Talk honestly, no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer.)
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab. Who has done his day's work? who will soonest be through with his supper?
Who wishes to walk with me? Will you speak before I am gone?” source
Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, (Talk honestly, no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer.)
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab. Who has done his day's work? who will soonest be through with his supper?
Who wishes to walk with me? Will you speak before I am gone?” source
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