Song of Myself
Walt Whitman, 1855
Whitman's long poem, in 52 sections, celebrating himself, the body, and the ordinary people and life of America.
Famous lines
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars
- Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Song of Myself, 48In context
- Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Song of Myself, 52In context