This article lists the complete poetic bibliography of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), predominantly consisting of his poetry collection Leaves of Grass,[1] in addition to periodical pieces that were never published in the aforementioned volume.[2]
| "Going Somewhere" | " My science-friend, my noblest woman-friend," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| "The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete" | " The devilish and the dark, the dying and diseas’d," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| A Boston Ballad [1854] | " To get betimes in Boston town I rose this morning early," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1855 | ||||
| A Broadway Pageant | " Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVIII.); The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |||||
| A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine | " A carol closing sixty-nine—a resume—a repetition," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| A Child's Amaze | " Silent and amazed even when a little boy," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |||||
| A Christmas Greeting | " Welcome, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| A Clear Midnight | " This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | 1881 | ||||
| A Farm Picture | " Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1865 | ||||
| A Font of Type | " This latent mine—these unlaunch’d voices—passionate powers," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| A Glimpse | " A glimpse through an interstice caught," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 | ||||
| A Hand-Mirror | " Hold it up sternly—see this it sends back, (who is it? is it you?)" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1860 | ||||
| A Leaf for Hand in Hand | " A leaf for hand in hand;" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |||||
| A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown | " A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 | ||||
| A Noiseless Patient Spider | " A noiseless patient spider," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1871 | ||||
| A Paumanok Picture | " Two boats with nets lying off the sea-beach, quite still," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.) | |||||
| A Persian Lesson | " For his o’erarching and last lesson the greybeard," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| A Prairie Sunset | " Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| A Promise to California | " A promise to California," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |||||
| A Riddle Song | " That which eludes this verse and any verse," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |||||
| A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim | " A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ; | 1865 | ||||
| A Song for Occupations | " A song for occupations!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XV.) | 1855 | ||||
| A Song of Joys | " O to make the most jubilant song!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XI.) | |||||
| A Song of the Rolling Earth | " A song of the rolling earth, and of words according," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.) | 1856 | ||||
| A Twilight Song | " As I sit in twilight late alone by the flickering oak-flame,: | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |||||
| A Voice from Death | " A voice from Death, solemn and strange, in all his sweep and power," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| A Woman Waits for Me | " A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1856 | ||||
| Aboard at a Ship's Helm | " Aboard at a ship's helm," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |||||
| Abraham Lincoln, Born Feb. 12, 1809 | " To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer—a pulse of thought," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, February 12 | ||||
| Adieu to a Soldier | " Adieu O soldier," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ; | |||||
| After the Dazzle of Day | " After the Dazzle of Day" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, February 3 | ||||
| After the Sea-Ship | " After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |||||
| After the Supper and Talk | " After the supper and talk—after the day is done," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals | " Ages and ages returning at intervals," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |||||
| Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats | " Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |||||
| Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold | " Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" | Periodical | 1885, February | ||||
| All Is Truth | " O me, man of slack faith so long," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |||||
| Ambition | " One day, an obscure youth, a wanderer," | Periodical | 1842, January 29 | ||||
| America | " Centre of equal daughters, equal sons," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems | 1888, February 11 | ||||
| Among the Multitude | " Among the men and women the multitude," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 | ||||
| An Army Corps on the March | " With its cloud of skirmishers in advance," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865-66 | ||||
| An Ended Day | " The soothing sanity and blitheness of completion," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| An Evening Lull | " After a week of physical anguish," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Apostroph | " O mater! O fils | " | Leaves of Grass | ||||
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| Apparitions | " A vague mist hanging ’round half the pages:" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me? | " Are you the new person drawn toward me?" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 | ||||
| As Adam Early in the Morning | " As Adam early in the morning," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 | ||||
| As at Thy Portals Also Death | " As at thy portals also death," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |||||
| As Consequent, Etc. | " As consequent from store of summer rains," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |||||
| As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life | " As I ebbed with an ebb of the ocean of life," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | 1860, April | ||||
| As I Lay With My Head in Your Lap Camerado. | " As I lay with my head in your lap camerado," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865-66 | ||||
| As I Ponder'd in Silence | " As I ponder’d in silence," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |||||
| As I Sit Writing Here | " As I sit writing here, sick and grown old," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, May 14 | ||||
| As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days | " As I walk these broad majestic days of peace," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night); The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |||||
| As I Watch the Ploughman Ploughing | " As I watch’d the ploughman ploughing," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |||||
| As If a Phantom Caress'd Me | " As if a phantom caress’d me," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) ; | |||||
| AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors | " AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors" | Periodical | 1885, May 16 | ||||
| As the Greek's Signal Flame | " As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1887, December 15 | ||||
| As the Time Draws Nigh | " As the time draws nigh glooming a cloud," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |||||
| As They Draw to a Close | " As they draw to a close," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |||||
| As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods | " As toilsome I wander’d Virginia's woods," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |||||
| Ashes of Soldiers | " Ashes of soldiers South or North," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting); The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |||||
| Assurances | " I need no assurances, I am a man who is preoccupied of his own soul;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |||||
| Bathed in War's Perfume | " BATHED in war's perfume—delicate flag!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |||||
| Beat! Beat | Drums! | " Beat! beat | drums!—Blow | bugles! blow | " | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1861, September 24 |
| Beautiful Women | " Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |||||
| Beginners | " How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,)" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |||||
| Beginning My Studies | " Beginning my studies the first step pleas’d me so much," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |||||
| Behavior | " BEHAVIOR--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself," | Leaves of Grass | |||||
| Behold This Swarthy Face | " Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |||||
| Bivouac on a Mountain Side | " I see before me now a traveling army halting," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 | ||||
| Bravo, Paris Exposition! | " Add to your show, before you close it, France," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |||||
| Broadway | " What hurrying human tides, or day or night!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888 | ||||
| Brother of All, with Generous Hand | " BROTHER of all, with generous hand," | Leaves of Grass | |||||
| By Blue Ontario's Shore | " By blue Ontario's shore," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |||||
| By Broad Potomac's Shore | " By broad Potomac's shore, again old tongue," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |||||
| By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame | " By the bivouac's fitful flame," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 | ||||
| Camps of Green | " Nor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |||||
| Cavalry Crossing a Ford | " A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 | ||||
| Chanting the Square Deific | " Chanting the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the sides," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1865-6 | ||||
| City of Orgies | " City of orgies, walks and joys," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 | ||||
| City of Ships | " City of ships!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |||||
| Come Up from the Fields Father | " Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 | ||||
| Continuities | " Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Crossing Brooklyn Ferry | " Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face | " | Leaves of Grass (Book VIII.) | 1856 | |||
| Darest Thou Now O Soul | " Darest thou now O soul," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |||||
| Death of General Grant | " As one by one withdraw the lofty actors," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Debris | " HE is wisest who has the most caution," | Leaves of Grass | |||||
| Delicate Cluster | " Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life | " | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | ||||
| Dirge for Two Veterans | " The last sunbeam" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |||||
| Earth, My Likeness | " Earth, my likeness," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 | ||||
| Eidolons | " I met a seer" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |||||
| Eighteen Sixty-One | " Arm’d year—year of the struggle," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 | ||||
| Election Day, November, 1884 | " If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Ethiopia Saluting the Colors | " Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1871 | ||||
| Europe [The 72d and 73d Years of These States] | " Suddenly out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1855 | ||||
| Excelsior | " Who has gone farthest? for I would go farther," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |||||
| Faces | " Sauntering the pavement or riding the country by-road, faces!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |||||
| Facing West from California's Shores | " Facing west from California's shores," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 | ||||
| Fanices at Navesink | " Steaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |||||
| Fast Anchor'd Eternal O Love! | " Fast-anchor’d eternal O love! O woman I love | " | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | ||||
| First O Songs for a Prelude | " First O songs for a prelude," | The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |||||
| For Him I Sing | " For him I sing," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |||||
| For You, O Democracy | " Come, I will make the continent indissoluble," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | 1860 | ||||
France [the 18th Year of these States
|" A great year and place"
|Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)
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|From Far Dakota's Canyons [June 25, 1876]|" From far Dakota's canyons,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)||-|From Montauk Point|" I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|From My Last Years|" FROM my last years, last thoughts I here bequeath,"|Leaves of Grass||-|From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a Bird|" From Paumanok starting I fly like a bird,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|From Pent-Up Aching Rivers|" From pent-up aching rivers,"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)|1860|-|Full of Life Now|" Full of life now, compact, visible,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Germs|" Forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun|" Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)|1865|-|Gliding O'er all|" Gliding o’er all, through all,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Gods|" Lover divine and perfect Comrade,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)|1871|-|Good-Bye My Fancy|" Good-bye my fancy—(I had a word to say,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Good-Bye My Fancy!|" Good-bye my Fancy!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)|1891|-|Grand Is the Seen|" Grand is the seen, the light, to me—grand are the sky and stars,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Great are the Myths|" GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them;"|Leaves of Grass||-|Halcyon Days|" Not from successful love alone,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour|" Hast never come to thee an hour,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Here the Frailest Leaves of Me|" Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Hours Continuing Long|" HOURS continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V: Calamus)||-|How Solemn As One by One [Washington City, 1865]|" How solemn as one by one,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)||-|Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day [May 4, 1865]|" Hush’d be the camps to-day,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)||-|I Am He That Aches with Love|" I am he that aches with amorous love;"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)||-|I Dream'd in a Dream|" I dream’d in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|I Hear America Singing|" I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)|1860|-|I Hear It Was Charged Against Me|" I hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ|" I heard you solemn-sweet pipes of the organ as last Sunday morn I"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)|1865-6|-|I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing|" I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|I Saw Old General at Bay|" I saw old General at bay,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|I Sing the Body Electric|" I sing the body electric,"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)|1855|-|I Sit and Look Out|" I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|I Was Looking a Long While|" I was looking a long while for Intentions,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|In Cabin'd Ships at Sea|" In cabin’d ships at sea,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|In Former Songs|"I N former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful"|Leaves of Grass||-|In Paths Untrodden|" In paths untrodden,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|In the New Garden in all the Parts|" IN the new garden, in all the parts,"|Leaves of Grass||-|Interpolation Sounds|" Over and through the burial chant,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Joy, Shipmate, Joy!|" Joy, shipmate, Joy!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)|1871|-|Kosmos|" Who includes diversity and is Nature,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|L. of G.'s Purport|" Not to exclude or demarcate, or pick out evils from their formidable"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Laws for Creations|" Laws for creations,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1860|-|Lessons|" THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;"|Leaves of Grass||-|Life|" Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Life and Death|" The two old, simple problems ever intertwined,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Lingering Last Drops|" And whence and why come you?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Lo, Victress on the Peaks|" Lo, Victress on the peaks,:|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Locations and Times|" Locations and times—what is it in me that meets them all, whenever"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Long I Thought that Knowledge|" LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me—O if I could but obtain knowledge!"|Leaves of Grass|1860|-|Long, Long Hence|" After a long, long course, hundreds of years, denials,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Long, Too Long America|" Long, too long America,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)||-|Look Down Fair Moon|" Look down fair moon and bathe this scene,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Mannahatta|" I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)||-|Mannahatta|" My city's fit and noble name resumed,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Me Imperturbe|" Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)|1860|-|Mediums|" They shall arise in the States,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)||-|Memories|" How sweet the silent backward tracings!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Miracles|" Why, who makes much of a miracle?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Mirages|" More experiences and sights, stranger, than you'd think for;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Mother and Babe|" I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|MY 71st Year|" After surmounting three-score and ten,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|My Canary Bird|" Did we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|My Legacy|" The business man the acquirer vast,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)||-|My Picture-Gallery|" In a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix’d house,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1870, January|-|Myself and Mine|" Myself and mine gymnastic ever,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)||-|Native Moments|" Native moments—when you come upon me—ah you are here now,"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)|1860|-|Night on the Prairies|" Night on the prairies,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|No Labor-Saving Machine|" No labor-saving machine,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)||-|Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes|" Not heat flames up and consumes,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Not Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast Only|" Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)||-|Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone|" Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me|" NOT my enemies ever invade me—no harm to my pride from"|Leaves of Grass|1855|-|Not the Pilot|" Not the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Not Youth Pertains to Me|" Not youth pertains to me,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Now Finale to the Shore|" Now finale to the shore,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)|1860|-|Now Precedent Songs, Farewell|" Now precedent songs, farewell—by every name farewell,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig!|" O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig!'|Leaves of Grass||-|O Captain! My Captain!|" O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)|1865-6|-|O Hymen! O Hymenee!|" O hymen! O hymenee! why do you tantalize me thus?"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)||-|O Living Always, Always Dying|" O living always, always dying!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|O Magnet-South|" O magnet-south! O glistening perfumed South! my South!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)|1860|-|O Me! O Life!|" O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|O Star of France [1870-71]|" O star of France,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|O Sun of Real Peace|" O SUN of real peace! O hastening light!"|Leaves of Grass||-|O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy|" O tan-faced prairie-boy,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|O You Whom I Often and Silently Come|" O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Of Him I Love Day and Night|" Of him I love day and night I dream’d I heard he was dead,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|Of That Blithe Throat of Thine|" Of that blithe throat of thine from arctic bleak and blank,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances|" Of the terrible doubt of appearances,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Of the Visage of Things|" Of the visages of things - And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath;"|Leaves of Grass||-|Offerings|" A thousand perfect men and women appear,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Old Age's Lambent Peaks|" The touch of flame—the illuminating fire—the loftiest look at last,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death's|" From east and west across the horizon's edge,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Old Chants|" An ancient song, reciting, ending,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Old Ireland|" Far hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Old Salt Kossabone|" Far back, related on my mother's side,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Old War-Dreams|" In midnight sleep of many a face of anguish,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)|1865-6|-|On Journeys Through the States|" On journeys through the States we start,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|On the Beach at Night|" On the beach at night,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)|1871|-|On the Beach at Night Alone|" On the beach at night alone,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)||-|On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!|" On, on the same, ye jocund twain!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City|" Once I pass’d through a populous city imprinting my brain for future"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)|1860|-|One Hour to Madness and Joy|" One hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me not!"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)||-|One Sweeps By|" ONE sweeps by, attended by an immense train,"|Leaves of Grass||-|One's-Self I Sing|" One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)|1867|-|Orange Buds by Mail from Florida|" A lesser proof than old Voltaire's, yet greater,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Osceola|" When his hour for death had come,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|Others May Praise What They Like|" Others may praise what they like;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1855|-|Our Old Feuillage|" Always our old feuillage!"|Leaves of Grass (Book X.) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America)||-|Out from Behind This Mask [To Confront a Portrait]|" Out from behind this bending rough-cut mask,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Out of May's Shows Selected|" Apple orchards, the trees all cover’d with blossoms;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking|" Out of the cradle endlessly rocking,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)||-|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.)|1865|-|Outlines for a Tomb [G. P., Buried 1870]|" What may we chant, O thou within this tomb?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice.|" Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)|1865|-|Passage to India|" Singing my days,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXVI.)|1871|-| Barnegat|" Wild, wild the storm, and the sea high running,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)||-|Paumanok|" Sea-beauty! stretch’d and basking!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Pensive and Faltering|" Pensive and faltering,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|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)||-|Perfections|" Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Pioneers! O Pioneers!|" 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||-|Poets to Come|" Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|Portals|" What are those of the known but to ascend and enter the Unknown?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)||-|Prayer of Columbus|" A batter’d, wreck’d old man,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXVII.)|1876|-|Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love|" PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love,"|Leaves of Grass||-|Proud Music of the Storm|" Proud music of the storm,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXV.)|1871|-|Queries to My Seventieth Year|" Approaching, nearing, curious,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Quicksand Years|" Approaching, nearing, curious,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|Race of Veterans|" Race of veterans—race of victors!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|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)||-|Respondez!|" RESPONDEZ! Respondez! "|Leaves of Grass||-|Reversals|" Let that which stood in front go behind,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.)||-|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)||-|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)||-|Salut au Monde!|" O take my hand Walt Whitman!"|Leaves of Grass (Book VI.)||-|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||-|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)||-|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,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|These Carols|" These carols sung to cheer my passage through the world I see,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting)||-|These I Singing in Spring|" These I singing in spring collect for lovers,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Thick-Sprinkled Bunting|" Thick-sprinkled bunting! flag of stars!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)||-|Think of the Soul|" THINK of the Soul;"|Leaves of Grass||-|This Compost|" Something startles me where I thought I was safest,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1856|-|This Day, O Soul|" THIS day, O soul, I give you a wondrous mirror;"|Leaves of Grass||-|This Dust Was Once the Man|" This dust was once the man,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln)|1855|-|This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful|" This moment yearning and thoughtful sitting alone,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood|" Thou Mother with thy equal brood,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling|" Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)|1855|-|Thou Reader|" Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|Thought|" OF what I write from myself—As if that were not theresume"|Leaves of Grass||-|Thought|" Of Equality—as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Thought|" Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Thought|" Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)|1860|-|Thought|" Of persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Thought|" As I sit with others at a great feast, suddenly while the music is playing,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|Thoughts|" Of ownership—as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Thoughts|" Of public opinion,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)||-|Thoughts|" Of these years I sing,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|To a Certain Cantatrice|" Here, take this gift,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|To a Certain Civilian|" Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War)|1865|-|To a Common Prostitute|" Be composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|To a Foil'd European Revolutionaire|" Courage yet, my brother or my sister!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|To a Historian|" You who celebrate bygones,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|To a Locomotive in Winter|" Thee for my recitative,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night)|1876|-|To a President|" All you are doing and saying is to America dangled mirages,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|To a Pupil|" Is reform needed? is it through you?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1856|-|To a Stranger|" Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|To a Western Boy|" Many things to absorb I teach to help you become eleve of mine;"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|To Foreign Lands|" I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|To Get the Final Lilt of Songs|" To get the final lilt of songs,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|To Him That Was Crucified|" My spirit to yours dear brother,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1860|-|To Old Age|" I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|To One Shortly to Die|" From all the rest I single out you, having a message for you,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|To Rich Givers|" What you give me I cheerfully accept,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|To the East and to the West|" To the East and to the West,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)||-|To the Garden of the World|" To the garden the world anew ascending,"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)||-|To the Leaven'd Soil They Trod|" To the leaven’d soil they trod calling I sing for the last,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|To the Man-of-War-Bird|" Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift)||-|To the Pending Year|" Have I no weapon-word for thee—some message brief and fierce?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|To the Reader at Parting|" NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,"|Leaves of Grass||-|To the States|" To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|To The States [To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad]|" Why reclining, interrogating? why myself and all drowsing?'|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|To the Sun-Set Breeze|" Ah, whispering, something again, unseen,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|To Thee Old Cause|" To thee old cause!"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|To Think of Time|" To think of time—of all that retrospection,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIX.)||-|To Those Who've Fail'd|" Vivas to those who have fail’d!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|To You|" Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)|1860|-|To You|" Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)|1856|-|To-Day and Thee|" The appointed winners in a long-stretch’d game;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Transpositions|" Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXVIII.)|1855|-|Trickle Drops|" Trickle drops! my blue veins leaving!"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)||-|True Conquerors|" Old farmers, travelers, workmen (no matter how crippled or bent,)"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Turn O Libertad|" Turn O Libertad, for the war is over,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Twenty Years|" Down on the ancient wharf, the sand, I sit, with a new-comer chatting:"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Twilight|" The soft voluptuous opiate shades,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Two Rivulets|" TWO Rivulets side by side,"|Leaves of Grass||-|Unfolded out of the Folds|" Unfolded out of the folds of the woman man comes unfolded, and is"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Unnamed Land|" Nations ten thousand years before these States, and many times ten"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1855|-|Unseen Buds|" Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)|1891|-|Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night|" Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)|1865|-|Virginia—The West|" The noble sire fallen on evil days,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)|1865|-|Visor'd|" A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside)||-|Vocalism|" Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)|1860|-|Wandering at Morn|" Wandering at morn,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Warble for Lilac-Time|" Warble me now for joy of lilac-time, (returning in reminiscence,)"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Washington's Monument February, 1885|" Ah, not this marble, dead and cold:"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|We Two Boys Together Clinging|" We two boys together clinging,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd|" We two, how long we were fool’d,"|Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.)||-|Weave in, My Hardy Life|" Weave in, weave in, my hardy life,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War)||-|What Am I After All|" What am I after all but a child, pleas’d with the sound of my own"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|What Best I See in Thee|" What best I see in thee,"|The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy)||-|What General has a Good Army|" WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;"|Leaves of Grass||-|What Place Is Besieged?|" WHAT place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)||-|What Ship Puzzled at Sea|" What ship puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand?|" What think you I take my pen in hand to record?"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|What Weeping Face|" What weeping face is that looking from the window?"|Leaves of Grass||-|When I Heard at the Close of the Day|" When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv’d"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer|" When I heard the learn’d astronomer,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)|1865|-|When I Peruse the Conquer'd Fame|" When I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes and the victories of"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)||-|When I Read the Book|" When I read the book, the biography famous,"|Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions)|1867|-|When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd|" When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d,"|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|" When the full-grown poet came,":|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy)||-|While Not the Past Forgetting|" While not the past forgetting,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|Whispers of Heavenly Death|" Whispers of heavenly death murmur’d I hear,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death)||-|Who is now Reading This?|" May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life,"|Leaves of Grass||-|Who Learns My Lesson Complete?|" Who learns my lesson complete?"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand|" Whoever you are holding me now in hand,"|Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus)|1860|-|With All Thy Gifts|" With all thy gifts America,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets)||-|With Antecedents|" With antecedents,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage)||-|With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!|" With husky-haughty lips, O sea!"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)||-|World Take Good Notice|" World take good notice, silver stars fading,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps)||-|Year of Meteors [1859-60
|" Year of meteors! brooding year!"
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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)||-|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)||-|Youth, Day, Old Age and Night|" Youth, large, lusty, loving—youth full of grace, force, fascination,"|Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.)||}Notes1.[To U. S. G. return’d from his World's Tour] 2.[Written in Platte Canyon, Colorado] References |