Leaves of Grass (1882)/Inscriptions/Still though the One I Sing

2343905Leaves of Grass (1882)Still though the One I SingWalt Whitman

STILL THOUGH THE ONE I SING.

Still though the one I sing,
(One, yet of contradictions made,) I dedicate to Nationality,
I leave in him revolt, (O latent right of insurrection! O quenchless, indispensable fire!)