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ONE'S-SELF I SING
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.
- Walt Whitman
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ONE'S-SELF I SING
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.
- Walt Whitman
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