<P> "Song of Myself" is a poem by Walt Whitman that is included in his work Leaves of Grass . It has been credited as "representing the core of Whitman's poetic vision ." </P> <P> The poem was first published without sections as the first of twelve untitled poems in the first (1855) edition of Leaves of Grass . The first edition was published by Whitman at his own expense . </P> <P> In the second (1856) edition, Whitman used the title "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American," which was shortened to "Walt Whitman" for the third (1860) edition . </P>

Walt whitman song of myself i contain multitudes