Walt Whitman’s Song of My Self
My boss recently shared this from Walt Whitman’s Song of My Self and I thought it was a useful launching point for writing this evening.
What phrase or idea crafted by Whitman inspires you?
I understand the large hearts of heroes,The courage of present times and all times,How the skipper saw the crowded and rudderless wreck of the steam-ship, and Death chasing it up and down the storm,How he knuckled tight and gave not back an inch, and was faithful of days and faithful of nights,And chalk’d in large letters on a board, Be of good cheer, we will not desert you;How he follow’d with them and tack’d with them three days and would not give it up
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