'Twas Brillig

Walt Whitman: I will Take an Egg Out of the Robin's Nest

I will take an egg out of the robin's nest in the orchard,

I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush in the garden,

      and go and preach to the world;

You shall see I will not meet a single heretic or scorner,

You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them,

You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato,

      and a white pebble from the beach.

Excerpt from Leaves of Grass, 1900