Famous quotes containing the words walt whitman, walt, whitman and/or high:
“And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman,”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and
strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
work,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“It is not their bones or hide or tallow that I love most. It is the living spirit of the tree, not its spirit of turpentine, with which I sympathize, and which heals my cuts. It is as immortal as I am, and perchance will go to as high a heaven, there to tower above me still.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)