Title
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Index of First Line
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Class
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Date Published
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"Going Somewhere"
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" My science-friend, my noblest woman-friend,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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"The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete"
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" The devilish and the dark, the dying and diseas’d,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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A Boston Ballad [1854]
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" To get betimes in Boston town I rose this morning early,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1855
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A Broadway Pageant
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" Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVIII.); The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine
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" A carol closing sixty-nine—a resume—a repetition,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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A Child's Amaze
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" Silent and amazed even when a little boy,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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A Christmas Greeting
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" Welcome, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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A Clear Midnight
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" This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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1881
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A Farm Picture
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" Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1865
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A Font of Type
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" This latent mine—these unlaunch’d voices—passionate powers,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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A Glimpse
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" A glimpse through an interstice caught,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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A Hand-Mirror
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" Hold it up sternly—see this it sends back, (who is it? is it you?)"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1860
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A Leaf for Hand in Hand
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" A leaf for hand in hand;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
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" A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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1865
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A Noiseless Patient Spider
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" A noiseless patient spider,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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1871
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A Paumanok Picture
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" Two boats with nets lying off the sea-beach, quite still,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.)
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A Persian Lesson
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" For his o’erarching and last lesson the greybeard sufi,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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A Prairie Sunset
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" Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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A Promise to California
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" A promise to California,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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A Riddle Song
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" That which eludes this verse and any verse,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim
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" A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ;
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1865
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A Song for Occupations
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" A song for occupations!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XV.)
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1855
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A Song of Joys
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" O to make the most jubilant song!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XI.)
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A Song of the Rolling Earth
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" A song of the rolling earth, and of words according,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.)
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1856
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A Twilight Song
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" As I sit in twilight late alone by the flickering oak-flame,:
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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A Voice from Death
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" A voice from Death, solemn and strange, in all his sweep and power,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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A Woman Waits for Me
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" A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1856
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Aboard at a Ship's Helm
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" Aboard at a ship's helm,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
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Abraham Lincoln, Born Feb. 12, 1809
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" To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer—a pulse of thought,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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1888, February 12
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Adieu to a Soldier
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" Adieu O soldier,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ;
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After the Dazzle of Day
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" After the Dazzle of Day"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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1888, February 3
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After the Sea-Ship
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" After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
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After the Supper and Talk
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" After the supper and talk—after the day is done,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals
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" Ages and ages returning at intervals,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats
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" Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold
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" Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold"
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Periodical
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1885, February
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All Is Truth
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" O me, man of slack faith so long,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Ambition
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" One day, an obscure youth, a wanderer,"
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Periodical
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1842, January 29
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America
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" Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems
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1888, February 11
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Among the Multitude
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" Among the men and women the multitude,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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An Army Corps on the March
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" With its cloud of skirmishers in advance,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865-66
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An Ended Day
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" The soothing sanity and blitheness of completion,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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An Evening Lull
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" After a week of physical anguish,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Apostroph
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" O mater! O fils!"
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Leaves of Grass
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Apparitions
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" A vague mist hanging ’round half the pages:"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me?
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" Are you the new person drawn toward me?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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As Adam Early in the Morning
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" As Adam early in the morning,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1860
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As at Thy Portals Also Death
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" As at thy portals also death,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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As Consequent, Etc.
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" As consequent from store of summer rains,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life
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" As I ebbed with an ebb of the ocean of life,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
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1860, April
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As I Lay With My Head in Your Lap Camerado.
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" As I lay with my head in your lap camerado,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865-66
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As I Ponder'd in Silence
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" As I ponder’d in silence,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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As I Sit Writing Here
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" As I sit writing here, sick and grown old,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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1888, May 14
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As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days
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" As I walk these broad majestic days of peace,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night); The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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As I Watch the Ploughman Ploughing
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" As I watch’d the ploughman ploughing,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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As If a Phantom Caress'd Me
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" As if a phantom caress’d me,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) ;
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AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors
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" AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors"
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Periodical
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1885, May 16
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As the Greek's Signal Flame
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" As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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1887, December 15
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As the Time Draws Nigh
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" As the time draws nigh glooming a cloud,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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As They Draw to a Close
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" As they draw to a close,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods
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" As toilsome I wander’d Virginia's woods,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Ashes of Soldiers
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" Ashes of soldiers South or North,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting); The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
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Assurances
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" I need no assurances, I am a man who is preoccupied of his own soul;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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Bathed in War's Perfume
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" BATHED in war's perfume—delicate flag!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Beat! Beat! Drums!
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" Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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1861, September 24
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Beautiful Women
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" Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Beginners
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" How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,)"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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Beginning My Studies
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" Beginning my studies the first step pleas’d me so much,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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Behavior
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" BEHAVIOR--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself,"
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Leaves of Grass
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Behold This Swarthy Face
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" Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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Bivouac on a Mountain Side
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" I see before me now a traveling army halting,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Bravo, Paris Exposition!
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" Add to your show, before you close it, France,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Broadway
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" What hurrying human tides, or day or night!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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1888
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Brother of All, with Generous Hand
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" BROTHER of all, with generous hand,"
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Leaves of Grass
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By Blue Ontario's Shore
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" By blue Ontario's shore,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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By Broad Potomac's Shore
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" By broad Potomac's shore, again old tongue,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame
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" By the bivouac's fitful flame,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Camps of Green
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" Nor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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Cavalry Crossing a Ford
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" A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Chanting the Square Deific
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" Chanting the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the sides,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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1865-6
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City of Orgies
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" City of orgies, walks and joys,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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City of Ships
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" City of ships!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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Come Up from the Fields Father
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" Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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1865
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Continuities
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" Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
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" Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book VIII.)
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1856
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Darest Thou Now O Soul
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" Darest thou now O soul,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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Death of General Grant
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" As one by one withdraw the lofty actors,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Debris
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" HE is wisest who has the most caution,"
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Leaves of Grass
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Delicate Cluster
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" Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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Dirge for Two Veterans
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" The last sunbeam"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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Earth, My Likeness
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" Earth, my likeness,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Eidolons
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" I met a seer"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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Eighteen Sixty-One
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" Arm’d year—year of the struggle,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Election Day, November, 1884
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" If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
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" Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1871
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Europe [The 72d and 73d Years of These States]
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" Suddenly out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1855
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Excelsior
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" Who has gone farthest? for I would go farther,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Faces
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" Sauntering the pavement or riding the country by-road, faces!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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Facing West from California's Shores
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" Facing west from California's shores,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1860
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Fanices at Navesink
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" Steaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Fast Anchor'd Eternal O Love!
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" Fast-anchor’d eternal O love! O woman I love!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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First O Songs for a Prelude
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" First O songs for a prelude,"
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The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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For Him I Sing
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" For him I sing,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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For You, O Democracy
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" Come, I will make the continent indissoluble,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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1860
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France [the 18th Year of these States
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" A great year and place"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
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From Far Dakota's Canyons [June 25, 1876]
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" From far Dakota's canyons,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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From Montauk Point
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" I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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From My Last Years
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" FROM my last years, last thoughts I here bequeath,"
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Leaves of Grass
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From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a Bird
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" From Paumanok starting I fly like a bird,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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From Pent-Up Aching Rivers
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" From pent-up aching rivers,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1860
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Full of Life Now
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" Full of life now, compact, visible,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Germs
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" Forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun
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" Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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1865
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Gliding O'er all
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" Gliding o’er all, through all,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Gods
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" Lover divine and perfect Comrade,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1871
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Good-Bye My Fancy
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" Good-bye my fancy—(I had a word to say,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Good-Bye My Fancy!
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" Good-bye my Fancy!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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1891
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Grand Is the Seen
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" Grand is the seen, the light, to me—grand are the sky and stars,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Great are the Myths
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" GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them;"
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Leaves of Grass
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Halcyon Days
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" Not from successful love alone,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour
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" Hast never come to thee an hour,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Here the Frailest Leaves of Me
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" Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Hours Continuing Long
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" HOURS continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V: Calamus)
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How Solemn As One by One [Washington City, 1865]
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" How solemn as one by one,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
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Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day [May 4, 1865]
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" Hush’d be the camps to-day,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
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I Am He That Aches with Love
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" I am he that aches with amorous love;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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I Dream'd in a Dream
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" I dream’d in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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I Hear America Singing
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" I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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1860
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I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
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" I hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ
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" I heard you solemn-sweet pipes of the organ as last Sunday morn I"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1865-6
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I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing
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" I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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I Saw Old General at Bay
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" I saw old General at bay,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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I Sing the Body Electric
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" I sing the body electric,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1855
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I Sit and Look Out
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" I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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I Was Looking a Long While
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" I was looking a long while for Intentions,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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In Cabin'd Ships at Sea
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" In cabin’d ships at sea,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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In Former Songs
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"I N former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful"
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Leaves of Grass
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In Paths Untrodden
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" In paths untrodden,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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In the New Garden in all the Parts
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" IN the new garden, in all the parts,"
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Leaves of Grass
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Interpolation Sounds
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" Over and through the burial chant,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
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" Joy, shipmate, Joy!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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1871
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Kosmos
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" Who includes diversity and is Nature,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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L. of G.'s Purport
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" Not to exclude or demarcate, or pick out evils from their formidable"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Laws for Creations
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" Laws for creations,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1860
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Lessons
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" THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;"
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Leaves of Grass
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Life
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" Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Life and Death
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" The two old, simple problems ever intertwined,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Lingering Last Drops
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" And whence and why come you?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Lo, Victress on the Peaks
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" Lo, Victress on the peaks,:
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Locations and Times
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" Locations and times—what is it in me that meets them all, whenever"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Long I Thought that Knowledge
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" LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me—O if I could but obtain knowledge!"
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Leaves of Grass
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1860
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Long, Long Hence
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" After a long, long course, hundreds of years, denials,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Long, Too Long America
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" Long, too long America,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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Look Down Fair Moon
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" Look down fair moon and bathe this scene,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Mannahatta
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" I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Mannahatta
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" My city's fit and noble name resumed,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Me Imperturbe
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" Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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1860
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Mediums
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" They shall arise in the States,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Memories
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" How sweet the silent backward tracings!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Miracles
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" Why, who makes much of a miracle?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Mirages
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" More experiences and sights, stranger, than you'd think for;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Mother and Babe
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" I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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MY 71st Year
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" After surmounting three-score and ten,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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My Canary Bird
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" Did we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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My Legacy
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" The business man the acquirer vast,
"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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My Picture-Gallery
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" In a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix’d house,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1870, January
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Myself and Mine
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" Myself and mine gymnastic ever,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
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Native Moments
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" Native moments—when you come upon me—ah you are here now,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1860
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Night on the Prairies
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" Night on the prairies,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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No Labor-Saving Machine
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" No labor-saving machine,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes
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" Not heat flames up and consumes,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Not Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast Only
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" Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone
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" Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me
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" NOT my enemies ever invade me—no harm to my pride from"
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Leaves of Grass
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1855
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Not the Pilot
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" Not the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Not Youth Pertains to Me
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" Not youth pertains to me,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Now Finale to the Shore
|
" Now finale to the shore,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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1860
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Now Precedent Songs, Farewell
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" Now precedent songs, farewell—by every name farewell,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig!
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" O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig!'
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Leaves of Grass
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O Captain! My Captain!
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" O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
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1865-6
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O Hymen! O Hymenee!
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" O hymen! O hymenee! why do you tantalize me thus?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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O Living Always, Always Dying
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" O living always, always dying!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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O Magnet-South
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" O magnet-south! O glistening perfumed South! my South!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
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1860
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O Me! O Life!
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" O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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O Star of France [1870-71]
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" O star of France,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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O Sun of Real Peace
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" O SUN of real peace! O hastening light!"
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Leaves of Grass
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O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy
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" O tan-faced prairie-boy,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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O You Whom I Often and Silently Come
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" O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Of Him I Love Day and Night
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" Of him I love day and night I dream’d I heard he was dead,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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Of That Blithe Throat of Thine
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" Of that blithe throat of thine from arctic bleak and blank,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances
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" Of the terrible doubt of appearances,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Of the Visage of Things
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" Of the visages of things - And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath;"
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Leaves of Grass
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Offerings
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" A thousand perfect men and women appear,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
|
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Old Age's Lambent Peaks
|
" The touch of flame—the illuminating fire—the loftiest look at last,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death's
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" From east and west across the horizon's edge,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Old Chants
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" An ancient song, reciting, ending,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Old Ireland
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" Far hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Old Salt Kossabone
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" Far back, related on my mother's side,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Old War-Dreams
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" In midnight sleep of many a face of anguish,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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1865-6
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On Journeys Through the States
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" On journeys through the States we start,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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On the Beach at Night
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" On the beach at night,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
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1871
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On the Beach at Night Alone
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" On the beach at night alone,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
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On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!
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" On, on the same, ye jocund twain!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City
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" Once I pass’d through a populous city imprinting my brain for future"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1860
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One Hour to Madness and Joy
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" One hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me not!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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One Sweeps By
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" ONE sweeps by, attended by an immense train,"
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Leaves of Grass
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One's-Self I Sing
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" One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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1867
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Orange Buds by Mail from Florida
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" A lesser proof than old Voltaire's, yet greater,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Osceola
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" When his hour for death had come,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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Others May Praise What They Like
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" Others may praise what they like;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1855
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Our Old Feuillage
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" Always our old feuillage!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book X.) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
|
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Out from Behind This Mask [To Confront a Portrait]
|
" Out from behind this bending rough-cut mask,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
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Out of May's Shows Selected
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" Apple orchards, the trees all cover’d with blossoms;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
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" Out of the cradle endlessly rocking,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
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Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
|
" Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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1865
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Outlines for a Tomb [G. P., Buried 1870]
|
" What may we chant, O thou within this tomb?"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
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Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice.
|
" Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
1865
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Passage to India
|
" Singing my days,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXVI.)
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1871
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Patroling Barnegat
|
" Wild, wild the storm, and the sea high running,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
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Paumanok
|
" Sea-beauty! stretch’d and basking!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Pensive and Faltering
|
" Pensive and faltering,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
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Pensive on Her Dead Gazing
|
" Pensive on her dead gazing I heard the Mother of All,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
|
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Perfections
|
" Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
|
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Pioneers! O Pioneers!
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" Come my tan-faced children"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
|
1856
|
Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a Boy
|
" YOU just maturing youth! You male or female!"
|
Leaves of Grass
|
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Poets to Come
|
" Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
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Portals
|
" What are those of the known but to ascend and enter the Unknown?"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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Prayer of Columbus
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" A batter’d, wreck’d old man,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXVII.)
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1876
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Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love
|
" PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love,"
|
Leaves of Grass
|
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Proud Music of the Storm
|
" Proud music of the storm,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXV.)
|
1871
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Queries to My Seventieth Year
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" Approaching, nearing, curious,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Quicksand Years
|
" Approaching, nearing, curious,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
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Race of Veterans
|
" Race of veterans—race of victors!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Reconciliation
|
" Word over all, beautiful as the sky,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
1865-6
|
Recorders Ages Hence
|
" Recorders ages hence,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
|
Red Jacket (From Aloft)
|
" Upon this scene, this show,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Respondez!
|
" RESPONDEZ! Respondez! "
|
Leaves of Grass
|
|
Reversals
|
" Let that which stood in front go behind,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.)
|
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Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps
|
" Rise O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems Epilogue
|
|
Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel]
|
" Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
|
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Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone
|
" Roots and leaves themselves alone are these,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
|
Sail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht!
|
" Heave the anchor short!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
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Salut au Monde!
|
" O take my hand Walt Whitman!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book VI.)
|
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Savantism
|
" Thither as I look I see each result and glory retracing itself and"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
|
Says
|
" I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person that is finally right:
|
Leaves of Grass
|
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Scented Herbage of My Breast
|
" Scented herbage of my breast,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
|
Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher
|
" I doubt it not—then more, far more;"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
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Shut Not Your Doors
|
" Shut not your doors to me proud libraries,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
1865
|
Small the Theme of My Chant
|
" Small the theme of my Chant, yet the greatest—namely, One's-Self—"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
So Far and So Far, and on Toward the End
|
" SO far, and so far, and on toward the end,"
|
Leaves of Grass
|
|
So Long!
|
" My city's fit and noble name resumed,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
|
|
Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb
|
" SOLID, ironical, rolling orb!"
|
Leaves of Grass
|
|
Sometimes with One I Love
|
" Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
|
Song at Sunset
|
" Splendor of ended day floating and filling me,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
|
|
Song for All Seas, All Ships
|
" To-day a rude brief recitative,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
|
Song of Myself
|
" I celebrate myself, and sing myself,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book III.)
|
1855
|
Song of Prudence
|
" Manhattan's streets I saunter’d pondering,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
|
Song of the Answerer
|
" Now list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book IX.)
|
1855
|
Song of the Banner at Daybreak
|
" O A new song, a free song,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
|
|
Song of the Broad-Axe
|
" Weapon shapely, naked, wan,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XII.) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
|
|
Song of the Exposition
|
" (Ah little recks the laborer,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIII.)
|
1871, September 7
|
Song of the Open Road
|
" Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book VII.)
|
1856
|
Song of the Redwood-Tree
|
" A California song,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIV.)
|
|
Song of the Universal
|
" Come said the Muse,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
|
|
Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here
|
" Soon shall the winter's foil be here;"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
Sounds of the Winter
|
" Sounds of the winter too,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
|
Spain, 1873–74
|
" Out of the murk of heaviest clouds,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
|
|
Sparkles from the Wheel
|
" Where the city's ceaseless crowd moves on the livelong day,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
|
1871
|
Spirit That Form’d This Scene.
|
" Spirit that form’d this scene,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
|
|
Spirit Whose Work Is Done [Washington City, 1865]
|
" Spirit whose work is done—spirit of dreadful hours!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
|
Spontaneous Me
|
" Spontaneous me, Nature,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
|
1856
|
Starting from Paumanok
|
" Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book II.)
|
1860
|
Still Though the One I Sing
|
" Still though the one I sing,'
|
Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
|
Stronger Lessons
|
" Have you learn’d lessons only of those who admired you, and were"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
Tears
|
" Tears! tears! tears!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
|
Tests
|
" All submit to them where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable to"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
|
Thanks in Old Age
|
" Thanks in old age—thanks ere I go,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
That Music Always Round Me
|
" That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
|
That Shadow My Likeness
|
" That shadow my likeness that goes to and fro seeking a livelihood,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
|
The Artilleryman's Vision
|
" While my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
|
The Base of All Metaphysics
|
" And now gentlemen,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1871
|
The Bravest Soldiers
|
" Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived through"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Calming Thought of All
|
" That coursing on, whate’er men's speculations,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Centenarian's Story
|
" Give me your hand old Revolutionary,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
1865
|
The City Dead-House
|
" By the city dead-house by the gate,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
1856
|
The Commonplace
|
" The commonplace I sing;"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
|
The Dalliance of the Eagles
|
" Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
|
1881
|
The Dead Emperor
|
" To-day, with bending head and eyes, thou, too, Columbia,'
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Dead Tenor
|
" As down the stage again,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Dismantled Ship
|
" In some unused lagoon, some nameless bay,'
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Dying Veteran
|
" Amid these days of order, ease, prosperity,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
|
|
The First Dandelion
|
" Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Last Invocation
|
" At the last, tenderly,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
1871
|
The Mystic Trumpeter
|
" Hark, some wild trumpeter, some strange musician,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
|
1872
|
The Ox-Tamer
|
" In a far-away northern county in the placid pastoral region,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
1876
|
The Pallid Wreath
|
" Somehow I cannot let it go yet, funeral though it is,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
|
The Prairie States
|
" A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)
|
|
The Prairie-Grass Dividing
|
" The prairie-grass dividing, its special odor breathing,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
|
The Return of the Heroes
|
" For the lands and for these passionate days and for myself,'
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
|
1855
|
The Runner
|
" On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
|
1867
|
The Ship Starting
|
" Lo, the unbounded sea,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
|
The Singer in the Prison
|
" O sight of pity, shame and dole!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
|
The Sleepers
|
" I wander all night in my vision,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXVIII.)
|
|
The Sobbing of the Bells [Midnight, Sept. 19-20, 1881]
|
" The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
|
|
The Torch
|
" On my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen's group"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
|
The Unexpress'd
|
" How dare one say it?"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
|
The United States to Old World Critics
|
" Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
|
|
The Untold Want
|
" The untold want by life and land ne’er granted,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
|
|
The Voice of the Rain
|
" And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The Wallabout Martyrs
|
" Greater than memory of Achilles or Ulysses,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
|
The World below the Brine
|
" The world below the brine,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
|
1860
|
The Wound-Dresser
|
" An old man bending I come among new faces,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
|
|
There Was a Child Went Forth
|
" There was a child went forth every day,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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These Carols
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" These carols sung to cheer my passage through the world I see,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)
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These I Singing in Spring
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" These I singing in spring collect for lovers,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Thick-Sprinkled Bunting
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" Thick-sprinkled bunting! flag of stars!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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Think of the Soul
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" THINK of the Soul;"
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Leaves of Grass
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This Compost
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" Something startles me where I thought I was safest,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1856
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This Day, O Soul
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" THIS day, O soul, I give you a wondrous mirror;"
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Leaves of Grass
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This Dust Was Once the Man
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" This dust was once the man,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln)
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1855
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This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful
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" This moment yearning and thoughtful sitting alone,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood
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" Thou Mother with thy equal brood,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling
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" Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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1855
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Thou Reader
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" Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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Thought
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" OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the
resume"
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Leaves of Grass
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Thought
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" Of Equality—as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Thought
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" Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Thought
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" Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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1860
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Thought
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" Of persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Thought
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" As I sit with others at a great feast, suddenly while the music is playing,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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Thoughts
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" Of ownership—as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Thoughts
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" Of public opinion,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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Thoughts
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" Of these years I sing,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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To a Certain Cantatrice
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" Here, take this gift,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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To a Certain Civilian
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" Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
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1865
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To a Common Prostitute
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" Be composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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To a Foil'd European Revolutionaire
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" Courage yet, my brother or my sister!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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To a Historian
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" You who celebrate bygones,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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To a Locomotive in Winter
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" Thee for my recitative,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)
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1876
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To a President
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" All you are doing and saying is to America dangled mirages,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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To a Pupil
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" Is reform needed? is it through you?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1856
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To a Stranger
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" Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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To a Western Boy
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" Many things to absorb I teach to help you become eleve of mine;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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To Foreign Lands
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" I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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To Get the Final Lilt of Songs
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" To get the final lilt of songs,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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To Him That Was Crucified
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" My spirit to yours dear brother,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1860
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To Old Age
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" I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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To One Shortly to Die
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" From all the rest I single out you, having a message for you,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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To Rich Givers
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" What you give me I cheerfully accept,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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To the East and to the West
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" To the East and to the West,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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To the Garden of the World
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" To the garden the world anew ascending,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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To the Leaven'd Soil They Trod
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" To the leaven’d soil they trod calling I sing for the last,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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To the Man-of-War-Bird
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" Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)
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To the Pending Year
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" Have I no weapon-word for thee—some message brief and fierce?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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To the Reader at Parting
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" NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,"
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Leaves of Grass
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To the States
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" To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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To The States [To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad]
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" Why reclining, interrogating? why myself and all drowsing?'
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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To the Sun-Set Breeze
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" Ah, whispering, something again, unseen,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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To Thee Old Cause
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" To thee old cause!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
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To Think of Time
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" To think of time—of all that retrospection,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIX.)
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To Those Who've Fail'd
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" Vivas to those who have fail’d!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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To You
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" Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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1860
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To You
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" Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
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1856
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To-Day and Thee
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" The appointed winners in a long-stretch’d game;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Transpositions
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" Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXVIII.)
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1855
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Trickle Drops
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" Trickle drops! my blue veins leaving!"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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True Conquerors
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" Old farmers, travelers, workmen (no matter how crippled or bent,)"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Turn O Libertad
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" Turn O Libertad, for the war is over,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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Twenty Years
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" Down on the ancient wharf, the sand, I sit, with a new-comer chatting:"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Twilight
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" The soft voluptuous opiate shades,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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Two Rivulets
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" TWO Rivulets side by side,"
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Leaves of Grass
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Unfolded out of the Folds
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" Unfolded out of the folds of the woman man comes unfolded, and is"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Unnamed Land
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" Nations ten thousand years before these States, and many times ten"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1855
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Unseen Buds
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" Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
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1891
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Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night
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" Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Virginia—The West
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" The noble sire fallen on evil days,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
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1865
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Visor'd
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" A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)
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Vocalism
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" Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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1860
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Wandering at Morn
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" Wandering at morn,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Warble for Lilac-Time
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" Warble me now for joy of lilac-time, (returning in reminiscence,)"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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Washington's Monument February, 1885
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" Ah, not this marble, dead and cold:"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
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We Two Boys Together Clinging
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" We two boys together clinging,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
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1860
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We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd
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" We two, how long we were fool’d,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)
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Weave in, My Hardy Life
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" Weave in, weave in, my hardy life,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
|
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What Am I After All
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" What am I after all but a child, pleas’d with the sound of my own"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
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What Best I See in Thee[1]
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" What best I see in thee,"
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The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
|
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What General has a Good Army
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" WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;"
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Leaves of Grass
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What Place Is Besieged?
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" WHAT place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
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What Ship Puzzled at Sea
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" What ship puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand?
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" What think you I take my pen in hand to record?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
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What Weeping Face
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" What weeping face is that looking from the window?"
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Leaves of Grass
|
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When I Heard at the Close of the Day
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" When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv’d"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
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When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer
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" When I heard the learn’d astronomer,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
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1865
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When I Peruse the Conquer'd Fame
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" When I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes and the victories of"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
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When I Read the Book
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" When I read the book, the biography famous,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)
|
1867
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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
|
" When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)
|
1865-66
|
When the Full-Grown Poet Came
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" When the full-grown poet came,":
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)
|
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While Not the Past Forgetting
|
" While not the past forgetting,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Whispers of Heavenly Death
|
" Whispers of heavenly death murmur’d I hear,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
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Who is now Reading This?
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" May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life,"
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Leaves of Grass
|
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Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
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" Who learns my lesson complete?"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
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Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
|
" Whoever you are holding me now in hand,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)
|
1860
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With All Thy Gifts
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" With all thy gifts America,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
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With Antecedents
|
" With antecedents,"
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Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
|
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With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!
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" With husky-haughty lips, O sea!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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World Take Good Notice
|
" World take good notice, silver stars fading,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)
|
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Year of Meteors [1859-60
|
" Year of meteors! brooding year!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
|
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Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me
|
" Year that trembled and reel’d beneath me!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)
|
1865
|
Years of the Modern
|
" Years of the modern! years of the unperform’d!"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)
|
1865
|
Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours
|
" Yet, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)
|
1860
|
Yonnondio
|
" A song, a poem of itself—the word itself a dirge,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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You Felons on Trial in Courts
|
" You felons on trial in courts,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)
|
|
You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me
|
" You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
|
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Youth, Day, Old Age and Night
|
" Youth, large, lusty, loving—youth full of grace, force, fascination,"
|
Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.)
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