It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life, Leaves are not more shed from the trees, or trees from the earth, than they are shed o… - Walt Whitman
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It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life, Leaves are not more shed from the trees, or trees from the earth, than they are shed out of you.
"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher."
-from "Song of Myself"
Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
Praised be the fathomless universe For life and joy and for objects and knowledge curious; And for love, sweet love—But praise! O praise and praise For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding Death.
