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STARTING FROM PAUMANOK.

CHILDREN OF ADAM.

SALUT AU MONDE!

WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED?

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LEAVES OF GRASS.

SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE.

WITH ANTECEDENTS.

CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY.

TO A FOIL'D REVOLTER OR REVOLTRESS.

TO GET BETIMES IN BOSTON TOWN.

TO A COMMON PROSTITUTE.

TO RICH GIVERS.

A WORD OUT OF THE SEA.

A LEAF OF FACES.

STRONGER LESSONS.

EUROPE, The 72d and 73d Years of These States.

TO THE SAYERS OF WORDS.

LONGINGS FOR HOME.

TO A PRESIDENT.

WALT WHITMAN'S CAUTION.

TO OTHER LANDS.

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD.

TO THE STATES, To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad.

TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE.

LEAVES OF GRASS.

AMERICAN FEUILLAGE.

FRANCE, The 18th Year of These States.

TO HIM THAT WAS CRUCIFIED.

TO ONE SHORTLY TO DIE.

WHEN I READ THE BOOK.

DESPAIRING CRIES.

THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.

LEAVES OF GRASS.

AS IF A PHANTOM CARESS'D ME.

GREAT ARE THE MYTHS.

NOW LIST TO MY MORNING'S ROMANZA.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING.

Manhattan's Streets I Saunter'd, Pondering.

I WAS LOOKING A LONG WHILE.

THE INDICATIONS.

LEAVES OF GRASS.

SLEEP-CHASINGS.

ELEMENTAL DRIFTS.

YOU FELONS ON TRIAL IN COURTS.

NOW LIFT ME CLOSE.

WALT WHITMAN'S DRUM -TAPS. New-York. 1865.

SEQUEL TO DRUM-TAPS. (SINCE THE PRECEDING CAME FROM THE PRESS.) WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOOR-YARD BLOOM'D. AND OTHER PIECES.WASHINGTON. 1865-6.

LEAVES OF GRASS. SONGS BEFORE PARTING.

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TO A COMMON PROSTITUTE.

1  Be composed — be at ease with me — I am Walt      Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature;
Not till the sun excludes you, do I exclude you;
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you, and the      leaves to rustle for you, do my words refuse to      glisten and rustle for you.
2  My girl, I appoint with you an appointment — and I      charge you that you make preparation to be      worthy to meet me,
And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till      I come.
3  Till then, I salute you with a significant look, that      you do not forget me.

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