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Leaves of grass. | ||
14
44 Fall behind me, States!
A man before all — myself, typical, before all.
45 Give me the pay I have served for!
Give me to sing the songs of the great Idea! take all the rest;
I have loved the earth, sun, animals — I have despised riches,
I have given alms to every one that ask'd, stood up for the stupid and crazy, devoted my income and labor to others,
I have hated tyrants, argued not concerning God, had patience and indulgence toward the peo- ple, taken off my hat to nothing known or un- known,
I have gone freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers of families,
I have read these leaves to myself in the open air — I have tried them by trees, stars, rivers,
I have dismiss'd whatever insulted my own Soul or defiled my Body,
I have claim'd nothing to myself which I have not carefully claim'd for others on the same terms,
I have sped to the camps, and comrades found and accepted from every State,
I am willing to wait to be understood by the growth
of the taste
of myself,
I reject none, I permit all.
46 (Say, O mother! have I not to your thought been faithful?
Have I not, through life, kept that alone before me?)
A man before all — myself, typical, before all.
45 Give me the pay I have served for!
Give me to sing the songs of the great Idea! take all the rest;
I have loved the earth, sun, animals — I have despised riches,
I have given alms to every one that ask'd, stood up for the stupid and crazy, devoted my income and labor to others,
I have hated tyrants, argued not concerning God, had patience and indulgence toward the peo- ple, taken off my hat to nothing known or un- known,
I have gone freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers of families,
I have read these leaves to myself in the open air — I have tried them by trees, stars, rivers,
I have dismiss'd whatever insulted my own Soul or defiled my Body,
I have claim'd nothing to myself which I have not carefully claim'd for others on the same terms,
I have sped to the camps, and comrades found and accepted from every State,
17c
I reject none, I permit all.
46 (Say, O mother! have I not to your thought been faithful?
Have I not, through life, kept that alone before me?)
Leaves of grass. | ||