"contradigo a mim mesmo porque sou vasto"

"Esta manhã, antes do alvorecer,
subi numa colina para admirar o céu povoado,
E disse à minha alma:
Quando abarcarmos esses mundos e o conhecimento
e o prazer que encerram, estaremos finalmente fartos e satisfeitos?
E minha alma disse:
Não, uma vez alcançados esses mundos
prosseguiremos no caminho."



Walt Whitman






"Full of life, now, compact, visible,
I, forty years old the eighty-third Year of The States,
To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence,
To you, yet unborn, these, seeking you.
When you read these,
I, that was visible, am become invisible;
Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me;
Fancying how happy you were, if I could be with you, and become your comrade;
Be it as if I were with you.
(Be not too certain but I am now with you.)"

Walt Whitman