When I heard at the Close of the Day. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WHEN I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv'd with plaudits in the capitol, ...
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No Labor-Saving Machine. (Walt Whitman Poems)
NO labor-saving machine, Nor discovery have I made; Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy bequest ...
Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field. (Walt Whitman Poems)
VIGIL strange I kept on the field one night: When you, my son and my comrade, dropt at my side ...
France, the 18th year of These States. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 A GREAT year and place; A harsh, discordant, natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother's heart closer than any ...
Apostroph. (Walt Whitman Poems)
O MATER! O fils! O brood continental! O flowers of the prairies! O space boundless! O hum of mighty products! ...
Ox Tamer, The. (Walt Whitman Poems)
IN a faraway northern county, in the placid, pastoral region, Lives my farmer friend, the theme of my recitative, a ...
Not Youth Pertains to Me. (Walt Whitman Poems)
NOT youth pertains to me, Nor delicatesse-I cannot beguile the time with talk; Awkward in the parlor, neither a dancer ...
These Carols. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THESE Carols, sung to cheer my passage through the world I see, For completion, I dedicate to the Invisible World. ...
Poets to Come. (Walt Whitman Poems)
POETS to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for; ...
Souvenirs of Democracy. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THE business man, the acquirer vast, After assiduous years, surveying results, preparing for departure, Devises houses and lands to his ...
Warble for Lilac-Time. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WARBLE me now, for joy of Lilac-time, Sort me, O tongue and lips, for Nature's sake, and sweet life's sake-and ...
Respondez! (Walt Whitman Poems)
RESPONDEZ! Respondez! (The war is completed-the price is paid-the title is settled beyond recall;) Let every one answer! let those ...
That Shadow, my Likeness. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, chaffering; How often I find myself standing ...
Fast Anchor’d, Eternal, O Love. (Walt Whitman Poems)
FAST-ANCHOR'D, eternal, O love! O woman I love! O bride! O wife! more resistless than I can tell, the thought ...
Sobbing of The Bells, The. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THE sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere, The slumberers rouse, the rapport of the People, (Full well they ...
Over the Carnage. (Walt Whitman Poems)
OVER the carnage rose prophetic a voice, Be not dishearten'd-Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love ...
O Tan-faced Prairie Boy. (Walt Whitman Poems)
O TAN-FACED prairie-boy! Before you came to camp, came many a welcome gift; Praises and presents came, and nourishing food-till ...
I saw Old General at Bay. (Walt Whitman Poems)
I SAW old General at bay; (Old as he was, his grey eyes yet shone out in battle like stars;) ...
Longings for Home. (Walt Whitman Poems)
O MAGNET-SOUTH! O glistening, perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse, and love! Good and evil! O ...
After the Sea-Ship. (Walt Whitman Poems)
AFTER the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds; After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes, Below, a myriad, myriad ...
From Pent-up Aching Rivers. (Walt Whitman Poems)
FROM pent-up, aching rivers; From that of myself, without which I were nothing; From what I am determin'd to make ...
Italian Music in Dakota. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all, Rocks, woods, fort, cannon, pacing sentries, endless wilds, In dulcet streams, in flutes' ...
Here the Frailest Leaves of Me. (Walt Whitman Poems)
HERE the frailest leaves of me, and yet my strongest-lasting: Here I shade and hide my thoughts-I myself do not ...
Me Imperturbe. (Walt Whitman Poems)
ME imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, Master of all, or mistress of all-aplomb in the midst of irrational things, ...
Inscription. (Walt Whitman Poems)
SMALL is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest-namely, One's-Self-that wondrous thing a simple, separate person. That, for ...
Artilleryman’s Vision, The. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long, And my head on the pillow ...
How Solemn as One by One. (Walt Whitman Poems)
HOW solemn, as one by one, As the ranks returning, all worn and sweaty-as the men file by where I ...
Behold this Swarthy Face. (Walt Whitman Poems)
BEHOLD this swarthy face-these gray eyes, This beard-the white wool, unclipt upon my neck, My brown hands, and the silent ...
Brother of All, with Generous Hand. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 BROTHER of all, with generous hand, Of thee, pondering on thee, as o'er thy tomb, I and my Soul, ...
Thought. (Walt Whitman Poems)
OF obedience, faith, adhesiveness; As I stand aloof and look, there is to me something profoundly affecting in large masses ...