...and unmistakeably utters his own poem : " I celebrate myself, And what I assume, you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to...at my ease — Observing a spear of Summer grass." Such is the starting point of this most eccentric and republican of poets ; of whom the republican...

...streets about him. In his opening lines : " I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to...ease • • • observing a spear of summer grass," he simply took Alcott and Emerson at their word. His radical demonstration, extended in later years...

...extract from his SONG OF MYSELF. I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to...of summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, formed from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents...

...I celebrate myself; And what I assume you shall assume; For every atom belonging to me, as good as belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul; I lean...loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass— and concludes thus :— The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me—he complains of my gab and my loitering....

...I celebrate myself; And what I assume you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me, as good as belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul ; I lean...loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass — and concludes thus : — The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me — he complains of my gab and...

...streets about him. In his opening lines: — "I celebrate myself; And what I assume you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to...my ease . . . observing a spear of summer grass," he simply took Alcott and Emerson at their word. His radical demonstration, extended in later years...

...streets about him. In his opening lines: — " I celebrate myself ; And what I assume you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to...my ease . . . observing a spear of summer grass," he simply took Alcott and Emerson at their word. His radical demonstration, extended in later years...

...semblance of idleness ; of all which the man himself might have given this valid justification : — "I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass." Nevertheless, these nine years of groping, blundering, and seeming idleness, were not without their...

...boating, fishing, and riding are good; and here also the vacation-idler may say, with Walt Whitman : — " I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass." A mile or so back of the village is the charming Lake :/ Wentworth, four miles long, and endowed with...

...boating, fishing, and riding are good ; and here also the vacation-idler may say, with Walt Whitman: — " I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer A mile or so back of the village is the charming Lake ;/ Wentworth, four miles long, and endowed with...