
Without enough wilderness America will change.
#Walt whitman sail forth free
The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my captain lies Fallen cold and dead.įreedom - to walk free and own no superior.Įither define the moment or the moment will define you.ĭid you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life. O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable. Nothing is better than simplicity-nothing can make up for excess, or for the lack of definiteness. Nothing is better than simplicity, and the sunlight of letters is simplicity. The art of art, the glory of expression, is simplicity. Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. Happiness, not in another place but this place.not for another hour, but this hour. Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.
