..." I celebrate myself, And what I assume, you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe, and invite my soul ; I lean...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...

...: " I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. " I loafe and invite my soul, I lean...ease • • • observing a spear of summer grass," he simply took Alcott and Emerson at their word. His radical demonstration, extended in later years...

...and sing myself, \ I And what I assume you shall assume, j V For. every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. / I loafe and invite my soul, I lean...loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here...

...! Smile, for your lover comes ! Prodigal, you have given me love ! Therefore I to you give love ! O unspeakable, passionate love ! * Called " Song of...thus : — The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me — he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed — I too am untranslatable...

...— "I celebrate myself; And what I assume you shall assume; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. " I loafe and invite my soul; I lean...my ease . . . observing a spear of summer grass," he simply took Alcott and Emerson at their word. His radical demonstration, extended in later years...

...— "I celebrate myself; And what I assume you shall assume ; For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. " I loafe and invite my soul ; I lean...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...

...myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean...loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, farmed from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here...

...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...