Walt Whitman (
1819–
1892),
Leaves of Grass
I will take an
egg out of the
robin’s nest in the orchard,
I will take a branch of
gooseberries from the old bush in the garden, and go and preach to the world;
You shall see I will not meet a single
heretic or scorner,
You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them,
You shall see me showing a scarlet
tomato, and a white pebble from the beach.