The Mind

Good-Bye My Fancy

by Walt Whitman 1819–1892

From Leaves of Grass

The Mind

Good-bye my fancy--(I had a word to say,
But ’tis not quite the time--The best of any man’s word or say,
Is when its proper place arrives--and for its meaning,
I keep mine till the last.)

MLA

Whitman, Walt. “Good-Bye My Fancy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/349/.

Chicago

Whitman, Walt. “Good-Bye My Fancy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/349/.

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