Leaves of Grass (1867)


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2.

FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts,
The ones known, and the ones unknown—the ones on
         the stars,
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped,
Wonders as of those countries—the soil, trees, cities,
         inhabitants, whatever they may be,
Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless
         combinations and effects;
Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or
         anywhere, stand provided for in a handful of
         space, which I extend my arm and half enclose
         with my hand;
That contains the start of each and all—the virtue,
         the germs of all.
 
 
 
 
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