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Walt Whitman - In Paths Untrodden
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IN paths untrodden,
In the growth by margins of pond-waters,
Escaped from the life that exhibits itself,
From all the standards hitherto publish`d—from the pleasures,
         profits, eruditions, conformities,
Which too long I was offering to feed my soul;
Clear to me, now, standards not yet publish`d—clear to me that my
         Soul,
That the Soul of the man I speak for, feeds, rejoices most in
         comrades;
Here, by myself, away from the clank of the world,
Tallying and talk`d to here by tongues aromatic,
No longer abash`d—for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would
         not dare elsewhere,                                          


Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself, yet contains
         all the rest,
Resolv`d to sing no songs to-day but those of manly attachment,
Projecting them along that substantial life,
Bequeathing, hence, types of athletic love,
Afternoon, this delicious Ninth-month, in my forty-first year,
I proceed, for all who are, or have been, young men,
To tell the secret of my nights and days,
To celebrate the need of comrades.
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