Whitman: A Study

æsthetic aims American artistic beautiful beget body breath buses in London called candor character charity cism common conventional cosmic cracy critic culture death democracy democratic divine earth egoism egotism elements Emerson emotion equal evil eyes face faith flowers formal art give Goethe Gosse hand heroic heroic nudity human ideal ideas impression John Addington Symonds Leaves of Grass less literary literature lives look man's manly matter meaning ment mind modern mother nature never open air passion personality pietism poems poet poet's poetic poetry pride prophetic qualities race reader real things reality refinement religion religious savage says seems sense Shakespeare social social equality soldiers soul speaks spirit stand standards suggestion sweet taste Tennyson thought tion traits triumph ture uncon universal utterance verse vital voice Walt Whitman Whit whole words wounded writing