 | Leaves of grass (1872) |  |
Thought.
Of what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé;Of Histories—As if such, however complete, were not less complete than the preceding poems;
As if those shreds, the records of nations, could possibly be as lasting as the preceding poems;
As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of all the lives of heroes.
| Leaves of grass (1872) | |