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Quotation from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world”
Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, §52
Near the close of Song of Myself, the speaker turns his voice outward in a raw public cry.
Citation: "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world" — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, §52. (id leaves-of-grass-q3)
Portrait: Walt Whitman - George Collins Cox, George Collins Cox / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
