O to be self-balanced for contingencies, To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule… — Walt Whitman
O to be self-balanced for contingencies, To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.
Leaves of Grass · 1867
★ 2.3Provenance
Current citation
Whitman, Walt. "Me Imperturbe." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.
Original citation
Whitman, Walt. "Me Imperturbe." Leaves of Grass. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881-82.
