Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Published Writings
  3. Leaves of Grass
  4. 1860
  5. ppp.01500_01609

Calamus 33

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

33.

NO labor-saving machine, Nor discovery have I made, Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy  
 bequest 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 these carols, vibrating through the air, I leave, For comrades and lovers.

Part of the cluster CALAMUS.

Back to top