 | Leaves of grass. (1861-1861) |  |
[6. Of what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé]
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 my poems;
As if the shreds, the records of nations, could possibly be as lasting as my poems;
As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of all the lives of heroes.
| Leaves of grass. (1861-1861) | |