Famous quotes containing the word whitman:
“I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all
oppression and shame,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“The world below the brine,
Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“Beat! beat! drums!blow! bugles! blow!
Through the windowsthrough doorsburst like a ruthless force,
Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation;
Into the school where the scholar is studying;
Leave not the bridegroom quietno happiness must he have now with his bride;
Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, plough his field or gathering his
grain;
So fierce you whirr and pound, you drumsso shrill you bugles blow.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
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