A Toi


;ONE’S-SELF I sing—a simple, separate Person
.Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse

;Of Physiology from top to toe I sing
Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse—I say the
;Form complete is worthier far;
.The Female equally with the male I sing

Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power
,Cheerful—for freest action form’d, under the laws divine
.The Modern Man I sing


Walt Whitman