Leaves of Grass 4
Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.
4.
1 POETS to come! Not to-day is to justify me, and Democracy, and whatwe are for; M [ begin page 318 ]
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But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, You must justify me. 2I but write one or two indicative words for the
future, I but advance a moment, only to wheel and hurry back
in the darkness. 3I am a man who, sauntering along, without fully
stopping, turns a casual look upon you, and
then averts his face, Leaving it to you to prove and define it, Expecting the main things from you.
Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.