OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; 
Of Histories—As if such, however complete, were not less complete than the preceding
	poems; 
As if those shreds, the records of nations, could possibly be as lasting as the preceding
	poems; 
As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of all the lives of heroes.

Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 30. Thought.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 22. Gathered Leaves
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day: Apr 7 2004

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