"I swear I see what is better than to tell the best, It is always to leave the best untold." -from "A Song of the Rolling Earth" - Walt Whitman

"I swear I see what is better than to tell the best,
It is always to leave the best untold."

-from "A Song of the Rolling Earth"

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About Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American journalist and poet, most famous for his lifelong work on his book Leaves of Grass.

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