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	Walt Whitman
	(1819-1892)

1861
ARM'D year! year of the struggle
A Boston Ballad, 1854
TO get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early
A Child's Amaze
SILENT and amazed, even when a little boy
A Clear Midnight
THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
A Farm-Picture
THROUGH the ample open door of the peaceful country barn
A Glimpse
A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught
A Hand-Mirror
HOLD it up sternly! See this it sends back! (Who is it? Is it you?
A Leaf For Hand In Hand
A LEAF for hand in hand
A March In The Ranks, Hard-prest
A MARCH in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown
A Noiseless Patient Spider
A NOISELESS, patient spider
A Paumanok Picture
TWO boats with nets lying off the sea-beach, quite still,
A Proadway Pageant
OVER the western sea, hither from Niphon come,
A Promise To California
A PROMISE to California
A Riddle Song
THAT which eludes this verse and any verse,
A Sight In Camp
A SIGHT in camp in the day-break grey and dim
A Song
COME, I will make the continent indissoluble;
A Woman Waits For Me
A WOMAN waits for me--she contains all, nothing is lacking
Aboard At A Ship's Helm
ABOARD, at a ship's helm
Adieu To A Solider
ADIEU, O soldier
After The Sea-Ship
AFTER the Sea-Ship--after the whistling winds;
Ages And Ages, Returning At Intervals
AGES and ages, returning at intervals
Ah Poverties, Wincings Sulky Retreats
AH poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats
All Is Truth
O ME, man of slack faith so long
American Feuillage
AMERICA always
Among The Multitude
AMONG the men and women, the multitude
An Army Corps On The March
WITH its cloud of skirmishers in advance
Apostroph
O MATER! O fils!
Are You The New Person, Drawn Toward Me?
ARE you the new person drawn toward me
As A Strong Bird On Pinious Free
AS a strong bird on pinions free,
As Adam, Early In The Morning
AS Adam, early in the morning
As At Thy Portals Also Death
AS at thy portals also death,
As Consequent, Etc.
AS consequent from store of summer rains,
As I lay With Head In Your Lap, Camerado
AS I lay with my head in your lap, Camerado
As I Ponder'd In Silence
AS I ponder'd in silence,
As I Sat Alone By Blue Ontario's Shores
AS I sat alone, by blue Ontario's shore,
As I Walk These Broad, Majestic Days
AS I walk these broad, majestic days of peace
As I Watche'd The Ploughman Ploughing
AS I watch'd the ploughman ploughing
As If A Phantom Caress'd Me
AS if a phantom caress'd me
As The Time Draws Nigh
AS the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud,
As Toilsome I Wander'd
AS TOILSOME I wander'd Virginia's woods
Ashes Of Soldiers
Again a verse for sake of you
assurances
I NEED no assurances--I am a man who is preoccupied, of his own Soul
Bathed In War's Perfume
BATHED in war's perfume--delicate flag!
Beat! Beat! Drums!
BEAT! beat! drums!--Blow! bugles! blow!
Beautiful Women
WOMEN sit, or move to and fro--some old, some young
Beginners
HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals;
Beginning My Studies
BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much
Behavior
BEHAVIOR--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself,
Behold This Swarthy Face
BEHOLD this swarthy face--these gray eyes
Brother Of All, With Genesrous Hand
BROTHER of all, with generous hand,
By Broad Potomac's Shore
BY broad Potomac's shore--again, old tongue!
By The Bivouac's Fitful Flame
BY the bivouac's fitful flame
Camps Of Green
NOT alone those camps of white, O soldiers
Carol Of Occupations
COME closer to me;
Carol Of Words
EARTH, round, rolling, compact--suns, moons, animals--all these are
Cavalry Crossing A Ford
A LINE in long array, where they wind betwixt green islands
Chanting The Square Deific
CHANTING the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the
City Of Orgies
CITY of orgies, walks and joys
City Of Ships
CITY of ships
Come Up From The Fields, Father
COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete;
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
FLOOD-TIDE below me! I watch you face to face;
Darest Thou Now, O Soul
DAREST thou now, O Soul,
Debris
HE is wisest who has the most caution,
Delicate Cluster
DELICATE cluster! flag of teeming life
Despairing Cries
DESPAIRING cries float ceaselessly toward me, day and night,
Dirge For Two Veterans
THE last sunbeam
Drum-Taps
Aroused and angry
Earth! my Likeness!
EARTH! my likeness
Eidólons
I MET a Seer,
Elemental Drifts
ELEMENTAL drifts!
Ethiopia Saluting The Colors
WHO are you, dusky woman, so ancient, hardly human,
Europe, The 72d And 73d Years Of These States
SUDDENLY, out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves,
Excelsior
WHO has gone farthest? For lo! have not I gone farther
Faces
SAUNTERING the pavement, or riding the country by-road--lo! such
Facing West From California's Shores
FACING west, from California's shores
Fast Anchor'd, Eternal, O Love
FAST-ANCHOR'D, eternal, O love! O woman I love
For Him I Sing
FOR him I sing
France, The 18th Year Of These States
A GREAT year and place;
From Far Dakota's Canons
FROM far Dakota's cañons,
From My Last Years
FROM my last years, last thoughts I here bequeath,
From Paumanok Starting
FROM Paumanock starting, I fly like a bird
From Pent-up Aching Rivers
FROM pent-up, aching rivers
Full Of Life, Now
FULL of life, now, compact, visible
Germs
FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts
Give Me The Splendid, Silent Sun
GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;
Gliding Over All
GLIDING o'er all, through all,
God
THOUGHT of the Infinite--the All!
Great Are The Myths
GREAT are the myths--I too delight in them;
Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour
HAST never come to thee an hour,
Here The Frailest Leaves Of Me
HERE the frailest leaves of me, and yet my strongest-lasting
Here, Sailor
WHAT ship, puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning
Hours Continuing Long
HOURS continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted,
How Solemn As One By One
HOW solemn, as one by one
Hush'd Be The Camps To-day
HUSH'D be the camps to-day;
I Am He That Aches With Love
I AM he that aches with amorous love
I Dream'd In A Dream
I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of th
I Hear America Singing
I HEAR America singing, the varied carols I hear
I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
I HEAR it was charged against me that I sought to destro
I Heard You, Solemn-sweep Pipes Of The Organ
I HEARD you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last Sunday morn
I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing
I SAW in Louisiana a live-oak growing
I Saw Old General At Bay
I SAW old General at bay
I Sing The Body Electric
I SING the Body electric;
I Sit And Look Out
I SIT and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon al
I Thought I Was Not Alone
I THOUGHT I was not alone, walking here by the shore,
I Was Looking A Long While
I WAS looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past fo
I Will Take An Egg Out Of The Robin's Nest
I WILL take an egg out of the robin's nest in the orchard,
In Cabin'd Ships At Sea
IN cabin'd ships, at sea,
In Former Songs
IN former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful
In Midnight Sleep
IN midnight sleep, of many a face of anguish,
In Paths Untrodden
IN paths untrodden
In The New Garden In All The Parts
IN the new garden, in all the parts,
Inscription
SMALL is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest--namely,
Italian Music In Dakota
THROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all,
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
Joy! shipmate--joy!
Kosmos
WHO includes diversity, and is Nature
Laws For Creations
LAWS for Creations
Leaves Of Grass. A Carol Of Harvest For 1867
A SONG of the good green grass!
Lessons
THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;
Lo! Victress On The Peaks
LO! Victress on the peaks
Locations And Times
LOCATIONS and times--what is it in me that meets them all, wheneve
Long I Thought That Knowledge
LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me--O if I could
Long, Too Long, O Land!
LONG, too long, O land
Look Down, Fair Moon
LOOK down, fair moon, and bathe this scene
Manhattan Streets I Saunter'd, Pondering
MANHATTAN'S streets I saunter'd, pondering,
Mannahatta
I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city
Me Imperturbe
ME imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature
Mediums
THEY shall arise in the States
Miracles
WHY! who makes much of a miracle
Mother And Babe
I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its mother
My Picture-Callery
IN a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix'd house,
Myself And Mine
MYSELF and mine gymnastic ever
Native Moments
NATIVE moments! when you come upon me--Ah you are here now! Give me no
Night On The Prairies
NIGHT on the prairies
No Labor-Saving Machine
NO labor-saving machine
Not Heat Flames Up And Consumes
NOT heat flames up and consumes
Not Heaving From My Ribb'd Breast Only
NOT heaving from my ribb'd breast only
Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me
NOT my enemies ever invade me--no harm to my pride from them I fear;
Not The Pilot
NOT the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port, thoug
Not Youth Pertains To Me
NOT youth pertains to me
Now Finale To The Shore
NOW finale to the shore!
Now List To My Morning's Romanza
NOW list to my morning's romanza--I tell the signs of the Answerer;
O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig!
O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig!
O Captain! My Captain!
CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
O Hymen! O Hymenee!
O HYMEN! O hymenee
O Living Always--Always Dying
O LIVING always--always dying
O Me! O Life!
O ME! O life!... of the questions of these recurring
O Star Of France
O STAR of France!
O Sun Of Real Peace
O SUN of real peace! O hastening light!
O Tan-faced Prairie Boy
O TAN-FACED prairie-boy
O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may b
Of Him I Love Day And Night
OF him I love day and night, I dream'd I heard he was dead
Of The Terrible Doubt Of Apperarances
OF the terrible doubt of appearances
Of The Visage Of Things
OF the visages of things--And of piercing through to the accepted
Offerings
A THOUSAND perfect men and women appear
Old Ireland
FAR hence, amid an isle of wondrous beauty
On Journeys Through The States
ON journeys through the States we start
On Old Man's Thought Of School
AN old man's thought of School;
On The Beach At Night
ON the beach, at night,
On The Beach At Night, Alone
ON the beach at night alone
Once I Pass'd Through A Populous City
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, fo
One Hour To Madness And Joy
ONE hour to madness and joy
One Song, America, Before I Go
ONE song, America, before I go
One Sweeps By
ONE sweeps by, attended by an immense train,
One's Self I Sing
ONE'S-SELF I sing--a simple, separate Person
Or From That Sea Of Time
OR, from that Sea of Time,
Other May Praise What They Like
OTHERS may praise what they like
Out From Behind His Mask
OUT from behind this bending, rough-cut Mask,
Out of the Rolling Ocean, The Crowd
OUT of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me,
Over The Carnage
OVER the carnage rose prophetic a voice
Passage To India
SINGING my days,
Patroling Barnegat
WILD, wild the storm, and the sea high running,
Pensive And Faltering
PENSIVE and faltering
Pensive On Her Dead Gazing, I Heard The Mother Of All
PENSIVE, on her dead gazing, I heard the Mother of All
Perfections
ONLY themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
COME, my tan-faced children,
Poem Of Remembrance For A Girl Or A Boy
YOU just maturing youth! You male or female!
Poems Of Joys
O TO make the most jubilant poem!
Poets to Come
POETS to come! orators, singers, musicians to come
Portals
WHAT are those of the known, but to ascend and enter the Unknown?
Prayer Of Columbus
IT was near the close of his indomitable and pious life--on his last voyag
President Lincoln's Burial Hymn
When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'
Primeval My Love For The Woman I Love
PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love,
Proud Music Of The Storm
PROUD music of the storm!
Quicksand Years
QUICKSAND years that whirl me I know not whither
Race Of Veterans
RACE of veterans! Race of victors
Reconciliation
WORD over all, beautiful as the sky
Recorders Ages Hence
RECORDERS ages hence
Respondez!
RESPONDEZ! Respondez!
Rise, O Days
RISE, O days, from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer
Roaming In Thought
ROAMING in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good
Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone
ROOTS and leaves themselves alone are these
Salut Au Monde
O TAKE my hand, Walt Whitman!
Savantism
THITHER, as I look, I see each result and glory retracing itself an
Says
I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person, that is
Scented Herbage Of My Breast
SCENTED herbage of my breast
Sea-Shore Memories
OUT of the cradle endlessly rocking,
Shut Not Your Doors, &c.
SHUT not your doors to me, proud libraries,
Sing Of The Banner At Day-Break
POET
So Far And So Far, And On Toward The End
SO far, and so far, and on toward the end,
So Long
TO conclude--I announce what comes after me;
Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb
SOLID, ironical, rolling orb!
Sometimes With One I Love
SOMETIMES with one I love, I fill myself with rage, for fear I effus
Song At Sunset
SPLENDOR of ended day, floating and filling me
Song For All Seas, All Ships
TO-DAY a rude brief recitative,
Song Of The Broad-Axe
WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan!
Song Of The Exposition
AFTER all, not to create only, or found only,
Song Of The Open Road
AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Song Of The Redwood-Tree
A CALIFORNIA song!
Song Of The Universal
COME, said the Muse,
Souvenirs Of Democracy
THE business man, the acquirer vast
Spain 1873-'74
OUT of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Sparkles From The Wheel
WHERE the city's ceaseless crowd moves on, the live-long day,
Spirit That Form'd Theis Scene
SPIRIT that form'd this scene,
Spirit Whose Work Is Done
SPIRIT whose work is done! spirit of dreadful hours
Spontaneous Me
SPONTANEOUS me, Nature
Starting From Paumanok
STARTING from fish-shape Paumanok, where I was born,
States!
Were you looking to be held together by the lawyers?
Still, Though The One I Sing
STILL, though the one I sing
Tears
TEARS! tears! tears
Tests
ALL submit to them, where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable t
That Last Invocation
AT the last, tenderly,
That Music Always Round Me
THAT music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning--yet long untaugh
That Shadow, My Likeness
THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood
The Artilleryman's Vision
WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long
The Base Of All Metaphysics
AND now, gentlemen
The Centerarian's Story
GIVE me your hand, old Revolutionary
The City Dead-House
BY the City Dead-House, by the gate
The Dalliance Of The Eagles
SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)
The Dresser
AN old man bending, I come, among new faces,
The Indications
THE indications, and tally of time
The Mystic Trumpeter
HARK! some wild trumpeter--some strange musician,
The Ox tamer
IN a faraway northern county, in the placid, pastoral region,
The Prairie States
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude,
The Prairie-Grass Dividing
THE prairie-grass dividing--its special odor breathing
The Runner
ON a flat road runs the well-train'd runner
The Ship Starting
LO! THE unbounded sea
The Singer In The Prison
O sight of shame, and pain, and dole!
The Sleepers
I WANDER all night in my vision,
The Sobbing Of The Bells
THE sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere,
The Torch
ON my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen's grou
The Untold Want
THE untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,
The World Below The Brine
THE world below the brine
There Was A Child Went Forth
THERE was a child went forth every day
These Carols
THESE Carols, sung to cheer my passage through the world I see,
These, I, Singing In Spring
THESE, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers
Thick-Sprinkled Bunting
THICK-SPRINKLED bunting! Flag of stars
Think Of The Soul
THINK of the Soul;
This Compost
SOMETHING startles me where I thought I was safest;
This Day, O Soul
THIS day, O Soul, I give you a wondrous mirror;
This Dust Was Once The Man
THIS dust was once the Man
This Moment, Yearning And Thoughtful
THIS moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone
Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling
THOU orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon!
Thou Reader
THOU reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,
Thought
AS they draw to a close,
Thought
OF what I write from myself--As if that were not the resumé;
Thought
OF Equality--As if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances an
Thought
OF Justice--As if Justice could be anything but the same ample law
Thought
AS I sit with others, at a great feast, suddenly, while the music i
Thought
OF persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth
Thought
OF obedience, faith, adhesiveness
Thoughts
OF these years I sing,
Thoughts
OF Public Opinion
Thoughts
OF ownership--As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter
To A Certain Cantatrice
HERE, take this gift
To A Certain Civilian
DID YOU ask dulcet rhymes from me
To A Common Prostitute
To a Common Prostitut
To A Foil'd European Revolutionaire
COURAGE yet! my brother or my sister!
To A Historian
YOU who celebrate bygones
To A Locomotive In Winter
THEE for my recitative!
To A President
ALL you are doing and saying is to America dangled mirages
To A Pupil
IS reform needed? Is it through you
To A Stranger
PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you
To A Western Boy
O BOY of the West
To Foreign Lands
I HEARD that you ask'd for something to prove this puzzle, the Ne
To Him That Was Crucified
MY spirit to yours, dear brother
To Old Age
I SEE in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly a
To One Shortly To Die
FROM all the rest I single out you, having a message for you:
To Oratists
TO ORATISTS--to male or female
To Rich Givers
WHAT you give me, I cheerfully accept
To The East And To The West
TO the East and to the West
To The Garden The World
TO THE garden, the world, anew ascending
To The Leaven'd Soil They Trod
TO the leaven'd soil they trod, calling, I sing, for the last
To The Man-of-War-Bird
THOU who hast slept all night upon the storm,
To The Reader At Parting
NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,
To The States
WHY reclining, interrogating? Why myself and all drowsing
To Thee, Old Cause!
TO thee, old Cause
To Think Of Time
To think of time--of all that retrospection!
To You
LET US twain walk aside from the rest;
To You
WHOEVER you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams
To You
STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, wh
Trinckle, Drops
TRICKLE, drops! my blue veins leaving
Turn, O Libertad
TURN, O Libertad, for the war is over
Two Rivulets
TWO Rivulets side by side,
Unfolded Out Of The Folds
UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and i
Unnamed Lands
NATIONS ten thousand years before These States, and many times te
Vicouac On A Mountain Side
I SEE before me now, a traveling army halting
Virgil Strange I Kept On The Field
VIGIL strange I kept on the field one night
Virginia--The West
THE noble Sire, fallen on evil days,
Visor'd
A MASK--a perpetual natural disguiser of herself
Voices
NOW I make a leaf of Voices--for I have found nothing mightier tha
Walt Whitman's Caution
TO The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States
Wandering At Morn
WANDERING at morn,
Warble Of Lilac-Time
WARBLE me now, for joy of Lilac-time
We Two Boys Together Clinging
WE two boys together clinging
We Two-How Long We Were Fool'd
WE two--how long we were fool'd
Weave In, Weave In, My Hardy Life
WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life
What Am I, After All?
WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleas'd with the sound of my ow
What Best I See In Thee
WHAT best I see in thee,
What General Has A Good Army
WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;
What Place Is Besieged?
WHAT place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?
What Think You I Take My Pen In Hand?
WHAT think you I take my pen in hand to record
What Weeping Face
WHAT weeping face is that looking from the window?
When I Heard At The Close Of The Day
WHEN I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv'
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer
When I Peruse The Conquer'd Fame
WHEN I peruse the conquer'd fame of heroes, and the victories o
When I Read The Book
WHEN I read the book, the biography famous
Whispers Of Heavenly Death
WHISPERS of heavenly death, murmur'd I hear
Who Is Now Reading This?
May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past
Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
WHO learns my lesson complete
Whoever You Are, Holding Me Now In Hand
WHOEVER you are, holding me now in hand
With All Thy Gifts
WITH all thy gifts, America,
With Antecedents
WITH antecedents;
World, Take Good Notice
WORLD, take good notice, silver stars fading
Year Of Meteors, 1859 '60
YEAR of meteors! brooding year
Year That Trembled
YEAR that trembled and reel'd beneath me
Years Of The Modern
YEARS of the modern! years of the unperform'd
Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours
YET, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also;

Walt Whitman

(1819-1892)