History & Politics
Thoughts
From Leaves of Grass
Of ownership--as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter
upon all, and incorporate them into himself or herself;
Of vista--suppose some sight in arriere through the formative chaos,
presuming the growth, fulness, life, now attain’d on the journey,
(But I see the road continued, and the journey ever continued;)
Of what was once lacking on earth, and in due time has become
supplied--and of what will yet be supplied,
Because all I see and know I believe to have its main purport in
what will yet be supplied.
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Thoughts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/117/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Thoughts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/117/.
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