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--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0001 -- An Anthology of One's Own
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0002 -- edited by Jeremy Dean
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--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0004 -- table of contents
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0005 -- An Anthology of One's Own table of contents Marginal
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--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0007 -- Marginalia
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0008 -- by Billy Collins
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0009 -- Sometimes the notes are ferocious, skirmish
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0010 -- Other comments are more offhand, dismissive --
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0011 -- Students are more modest needing to leave o
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0012 -- Or they are fans who cheer from the empty bleache
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0013 -- And if you have managed to graduate from college
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0014 -- We have all seized the white perimeter as our own
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0015 -- Even Irish monks in their cold scriptoria j
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0016 -- And you have not read Joshua Reynolds, they
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0017 -- Yet the one I think of most often, the one
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0018 -- a few greasy looking smears and next to the
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--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0020 -- Formation
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0021 -- by Beyoncé
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0022 -- [Intro: Messy Mya] What happened at the New
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0023 -- [Refrain: Beyoncé] Y'all haters corny with
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0024 -- [Interlude: Messy Mya + Big Freedia] Oh yea
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0025 -- [Refrain: Beyoncé] Y'all haters corny with
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0026 -- [Chorus: Beyoncé] I see it, I want it, I s
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0027 -- [Verse: Beyoncé] When he fuck me good I ta
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0028 -- [Chorus: Beyoncé] I see it, I want it, I s
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0029 -- [Bridge: Beyoncé] Okay, ladies, now let's
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0030 -- [Outro] Girl, I hear some thunder Gol
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--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0032 -- Song of Myself
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0033 -- by Walt Whitman
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0034 -- 1
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0035 -- I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself, And wh
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0036 -- 2
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0037 -- Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelve
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0038 -- 3
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0039 -- I have heard what the talkers were talking, the t
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0040 -- 4
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0041 -- Trippers and askers surround me, People I m
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0042 -- 5
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0043 -- I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0044 -- 6
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0045 -- A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0046 -- 7
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0047 -- Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? I
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0048 -- 8
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0049 -- The little one sleeps in its cradle, I lift
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0050 -- 9
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0051 -- The big doors of the country barn stand open and
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0052 -- 10
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0053 -- Alone far in the wilds and mountains I hunt,
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0054 -- 11
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0055 -- Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0056 -- 12
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0057 -- The butcher-boy puts off his killing-clothes, or
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0058 -- 13
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0059 -- The negro holds firmly the reins of his four hors
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0060 -- 14
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0061 -- The wild gander leads his flock through the cool
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0062 -- 15
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0063 -- The pure contralto sings in the organ loft,
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0064 -- 16
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0065 -- I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0066 -- 17
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0067 -- These are really the thoughts of all men in all a
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0068 -- 18
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0069 -- With music strong I come, with my cornets and my
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0070 -- 19
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0071 -- This is the meal equally set, this the meat for n
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0072 -- 20
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0073 -- Who goes there? hankering, gross, mystical, nude;
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0074 -- 21
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0075 -- I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of th
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0076 -- 22
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0077 -- You sea! I resign myself to you also — I guess
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0078 -- 23
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0079 -- Endless unfolding of words of ages! And min
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0080 -- 24
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0081 -- Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son,
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0082 -- 25
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0083 -- Dazzling and tremendous how quick the sun-rise wo
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0084 -- 26
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0085 -- Now I will do nothing but listen, To accrue
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0086 -- 27
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0087 -- To be in any form, what is that? (Round and
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0088 -- 28
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0089 -- Is this then a touch? quivering me to a new ident
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0090 -- 29
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0091 -- Blind loving wrestling touch, sheath’d hooded s
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0092 -- 30
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0093 -- All truths wait in all things, They neither
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0094 -- 31
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0095 -- I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the jou
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0096 -- 32
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0097 -- I think I could turn and live with animals, theyâ
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0098 -- 33
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0099 -- Space and Time! now I see it is true, what I gues
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0100 -- 34
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0101 -- Now I tell what I knew in Texas in my early youth
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0102 -- 35
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0103 -- Would you hear of an old-time sea-fight? Wo
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0104 -- 36
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0105 -- Stretch’d and still lies the midnight, Tw
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0106 -- 37
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0107 -- You laggards there on guard! look to your arms!
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0108 -- 38
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0109 -- Enough! enough! enough! Somehow I have been
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0110 -- 39
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0111 -- The friendly and flowing savage, who is he?
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0112 -- 40
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0113 -- Flaunt of the sunshine I need not your bask — l
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0114 -- 41
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0115 -- I am he bringing help for the sick as they pant o
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0116 -- 42
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0117 -- A call in the midst of the crowd, My own vo
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0118 -- 43
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0119 -- I do not despise you priests, all time, the world
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0120 -- 44
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0121 -- It is time to explain myself — let us stand up.
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0122 -- 45
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0123 -- O span of youth! ever-push’d elasticity!
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0124 -- 46
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0125 -- I know I have the best of time and space, and was
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0126 -- 47
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0127 -- I am the teacher of athletes, He that by me
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0128 -- 48
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0129 -- I have said that the soul is not more than the bo
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0130 -- 49
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0131 -- And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortal
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0132 -- 50
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0133 -- There is that in me — I do not know what it is
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0134 -- 51
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0135 -- The past and present wilt — I have fill’d the
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0136 -- 52
--> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0137 -- The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he com
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