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Walt Whitman

Assimilations
There was a child went forth every day;
And the first object he looked upon, that object he became; … Continue Reading …

A Word Out Of The Sea
Out of the rocked cradle,
Out of the mocking-bird’s throat, the musical shuttle, … Continue Reading …

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face; Clouds of the west! sun there half an hour high! I see you also face to face. … Continue Reading …

Night And Death
Night on the prairies.
The supper is over—the fire on the ground burns low;
The wearied emigrants sleep, wrapped in their blankets; … Continue Reading …

Elemental Drifts
Elemental drifts! O I wish I could impress others as you and the waves have just been impressing me. … Continue Reading …

Wonders
Who learns my lesson complete?
Boss, journeyman, apprentice—churchman and atheist, … Continue Reading …

Miracles
What shall I give? and which are my miracles?
Realism is mine—my miracles—Take freely, Take without end—I offer them to you wherever your feet can carry you or your eyes reach. … Continue Reading …

Visages
Of the visages of things—And of piercing through to the accepted hells
beneath. … Continue Reading …

The Dark Side
I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all
oppression and shame; … Continue Reading …

Music
I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last Sunday morn I passed
the church; … Continue Reading …

Wherefore?
O me! O life!—of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities filled with the foolish; … Continue Reading …

Questionable
As I lay with my head in your lap, camerado,
The confession I made I resume—what I said to you and the open air I
resume. … Continue Reading …

Song At Sunset
Splendour of ended day, floating and filling me!
Hour prophetic—hour resuming the past: … Continue Reading …

Longings For Home
O Magnet South!
O glistening, perfumed South! my South! … Continue Reading …

Appearances
Of the terrible doubt of appearances,
Of the uncertainty after all—that we may be deluded, … Continue Reading …

The Friend
Recorders ages hence!
Come, I will take you down underneath this impassive exterior—
I will tell you what to say of me; … Continue Reading …

Meeting Again
When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been received with
plaudits in the capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that
followed; … Continue Reading …

A Dream
Of him I love day and night, I dreamed I heard he was dead;
And I dreamed I went where they had buried him I love—but he was not in
that place; … Continue Reading …

Parting Friends
What think you I take my pen in hand to record?
The battle-ship, perfect-modelled, majestic, that I saw pass the offing to-
day under full sail? … Continue Reading …

To A Stranger
Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you;
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking (it comes to me, as of a
dream). … Continue Reading …

Other Lands
This moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone,
It seems to me there are other men in other lands, yearning and thoughtful; … Continue Reading …

Envy
When I peruse the conquered fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals, … Continue Reading …

The City Of Friends
I dreamed in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of
the rest of the earth; … Continue Reading …

Out Of The Crowd
Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me,
Whispering, I love you; before long I die: … Continue Reading …

Among The Multitude
Among the men and women, the multitude,
I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, … Continue Reading …

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