【美国人物志】沃尔特·惠特曼 (8/8)

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沃尔特·惠特曼（英语：Walter Whitman，1819年5月31日－1892年3月26日），美国诗人、散文家、新闻工作者及人文主义者。
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Walt Whitman
"Song of Myself"

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And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.
And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me.
And as to you Life I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths.
No doubt I have died myself 10,000 times before.
Do you see O my brothers and sisters?
It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is Happiness.
I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love.
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean.
But I shall be good health to you nevertheless.
Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged.
Missing me one place search another.
I stop somewhere waiting for you.
Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead, they simply call him a great poet. We leave you now with more words from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.
I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, I am the poet of the woman the same as the man. I celebrate myself.