From
Leaves of Grass, by
Walt Whitman:
One's-Self I Sing, a
simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
Of
physiology from top to toe I
sing,
Not
physiognomy alone nor
brain alone is worthy for the
Muse, I say the
Form complete is worthier far,
The
Female equally with the
Male I sing.
Of
Life immense in
passion, pulse, and
power,
Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws
divine,
The Modern Man I sing.