false <![CDATA[Song of Myself]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173469267m/293918.jpg 293918 19 <div>It was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of <i>Leaves of Grass,</i> that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers familiar with the later, revised editions will find this first version new, surprising, and often superior to the revisions, and exhilarating in the freshness of its vision.<br></div> 738965 1950 Song of Myself total:941|5:446|4:286|3:147|2:46|1:16| 941 3923 1159 37 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 02 18:38:38 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:40:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 23 21:09:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 21:10:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:38:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 06:49:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Feb 20 21:04:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:10:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 17 14:12:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:14:04 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 01:44:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 01:45:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Mon Feb 18 01:57:03 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 01:57:03 -0800 2008 Expansive, grand, vast, yet unpretentious and intimate.

This is the American mind, I say.

This is the poem of one man's life. Don't just dwell on the hippie bullshit (though it's the greatest hippieness ever hipped!) but there's serious metaphysics and political statemen...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 07:52:15 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 07:52:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 02:26:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 02:26:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 10:35:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 14:43:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 10:35:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Dec 09 10:02:25 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:02:32 -0800 2008 ]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Apr 16 19:14:09 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 19:14:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:58:18 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 03:18:03 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Thu Jan 03 06:46:32 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 13 11:12:01 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 11:16:52 -0700 2007
(Th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Oct 14 11:30:25 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 11:39:02 -0700 2007 And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Song of Myself and Leaves of Grass are two of the most heartbreaking works of beauty. I hope one day to live inside myself as fully as a Whitman wor...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Apr 02 14:19:01 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 14:20:13 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:03:55 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 08:06:14 -0700 2009 Just as much fun to read in a crowded place where I can people watch as in a quiet spot under a tree where I can meditate on each blade of grass.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 19:18:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 22:35:47 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Feb 19 14:09:58 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 14:11:38 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Jun 05 18:45:56 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 18:47:38 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=293918