Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Published Writings
  3. Leaves of Grass
  4. 1871
  5. ppp.00270_00331

No Labor-Saving Machine.

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

NO LABOR-SAVING MACHINE.

NO labor-saving machine, Nor discovery have I made; Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy be- 
 quest to found a hospital or library, Nor reminiscence of any deed of courage, for America, Nor literary success, nor intellect—nor book for the  
 book-shelf; Only a few carols, vibrating through the air, I leave, For comrades and lovers.

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

Back to top