A Riddle Song (Walt Whitman Poems)
THAT which eludes this verse and any verse,Unheard by sharpest ear, unform'd in clearest eye or cunningest mind,Nor lore nor ...
Walt Whitman Poems on Mind (44 Poems)
A Hand-Mirror (Walt Whitman Poems)
HOLD it up sternly! See this it sends back! (Who is it? Is it you?)Outside fair costume--within ashes and filth,No ...
Wandering at Morn. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WANDERING at morn, Emerging from the night, from gloomy thoughts-thee in my thoughts, Yearning for thee, harmonious Union! thee, Singing ...
As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 AS a strong bird on pinions free, Joyous, the amplest spaces heavenward cleaving, Such be the thought I'd think ...
Base of all Metaphysics, The. (Walt Whitman Poems)
AND now, gentlemen, A word I give to remain in your memories and minds, As base, and finale too, for ...
Song of the Broad-Axe. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan! Head from the mother's bowels drawn! Wooded flesh and metal bone! limb only one, and ...
Eidólons. (Walt Whitman Poems)
I MET a Seer, Passing the hues and objects of the world, The fields of art and learning, pleasure, sense, ...
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 ...
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, ...
O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! (Walt Whitman Poems)
O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig! In the bouquet I give you place also-I bind you in, Proceeding no further till, ...
As if a Phantom Caress’d Me. (Walt Whitman Poems)
AS if a phantom caress'd me, I thought I was not alone, walking here by the shore; But the one ...
Once I Pass’d Through a Populous City. (Walt Whitman Poems)
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and traditions; ...
Out from Behind this Mask. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 OUT from behind this bending, rough-cut Mask, (All straighter, liker Masks rejected-this preferr'd,) This common curtain of the face, ...
Song of the Universal. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 COME, said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet yet has chanted, Sing me the Universal. In this ...
Says. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person, that is finally right. 2 I say nourish a ...
Excelsior. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WHO has gone farthest? For lo! have not I gone farther? And who has been just? For I would be ...
Prayer of Columbus. (Walt Whitman Poems)
A BATTER'D, wreck'd old man, Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home, Pent by the sea, and dark ...
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 ...
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, ...
So Long. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 TO conclude-I announce what comes after me; I announce mightier offspring, orators, days, and then, for the present, depart. ...
I Thought I was not Alone. (Walt Whitman Poems)
I THOUGHT I was not alone, walking here by the shore, But the one I thought was with me, as ...
Poem of Joys. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 O TO make the most jubilant poem! Even to set off these, and merge with these, the carols of ...
Starting from Paumanok. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 STARTING from fish-shape Paumanok, where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother; After roaming many lands-lover ...
Long I Thought that Knowledge. (Walt Whitman Poems)
LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me-O if I could but obtain knowledge! Then my lands engrossed me-Lands ...
A Riddle Song. (Walt Whitman Poems)
THAT which eludes this verse and any verse, Unheard by sharpest ear, unform'd in clearest eye or cunningest mind, Nor ...
I Sing the Body Electric. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will ...
Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love. (Walt Whitman Poems)
PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love, O bride! O wife! more resistless, more enduring than I can tell, ...
Germs. (Walt Whitman Poems)
FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts, The ones known, and the ones unknown-the ones on the stars, The stars themselves, ...
Roaming in Thought. (Walt Whitman Poems)
ROAMING in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, And the vast ...
In Cabin’d Ships at Sea. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 IN cabin'd ships, at sea, The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the ...