Missed me in one place? Search another. Keep encouraged.

What it means

These are the last lines of Song of Myself. If what you look for is not where you first search, keep going. Something is waiting further down the road.

The source

"Missed me in one place? Search another. Keep encouraged." Walt Whitman said it in Song of Myself, 52 (Leaves of Grass). Written in English: Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition.

"Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, / Missing me one place search another, / I stop somewhere waiting for you."

Original English (Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition), Song of Myself, 52 (Leaves of Grass). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Walt Whitman (1819–1892). American poet who spent his life rewriting and expanding one book, Leaves of Grass, including Song of Myself and Song of the Open Road.

Questions

What does "Missed me in one place? Search another. Keep encouraged." mean?

These are the last lines of Song of Myself. If what you look for is not where you first search, keep going. Something is waiting further down the road.

Who said "Missed me in one place? Search another. Keep encouraged."?

Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Source: Song of Myself, 52 (Leaves of Grass).

What is the original wording?

Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, / Missing me one place search another, / I stop somewhere waiting for you (Original English (Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition)). Written in English: Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition.

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