Walt Whitman Quotes about Inspiration

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.26, NYU Press
"Song of Myself " l. 1 (written 1855)
Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
"Song of Myself " l. 994 (written 1855)