Grand is the Seen – A Soul-Lifting Poem by Walt Whitman

'Grand is the Seen' is a beautiful, soul-lifting poem by one of America's most beloved poets: Walt Whitman.

It's a poem that helps us see (and appreciate) the beauty of our own soul, which is often overlooked when admiring the beauty of the outer world around us.

Let these powerful words move you, and make sure you stick to the end of the video to distill their timeless wisdom.

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Grand is the seen, the light, to me–grand are the sky and stars,
Grand is the earth, and grand are lasting time and space,
And grand their laws, so multiform, puzzling, evolutionary;
But grander far the unseen soul of me, comprehending, endowing all those,
Lighting the light, the sky and stars, delving the earth, sailing the sea,
(What were all those, indeed, without thee, unseen soul? of what amount without thee?)
More evolutionary, vast, puzzling, O my soul!
More multiform far–more lasting thou than they.

~ Walt Whitman

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Walter Whitman (1819 – 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.

Whitman grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, and trained as a printer starting at the age of twelve. He learned to love the written word and read all he could. In his late teens, he became a teacher, then turned to journalism in his 20s, eventually moving to New Orleans as editor of a local newspaper. Having witnessed the cruelties of slavery in the South, he returned to Brooklyn as a confirmed abolitionist. Whitman self-published the first edition of what would come to be seen as his masterpiece, Leaves of Grass, in 1855, revising it several times in subsequent years. During the Civil War, Walt Whitman worked as a reporter and aided the wounded in local hospitals. Whitman struggled financially for many years, but with the successful publication of the 1882 edition of Leaves of Grass he finally began to earn enough money to purchase a house and live comfortably through his final years.