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Leaves of grass (1872)

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

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Leaves of Grass.

Starting from Paumanok.

THE SHIP STARTING.

UNFOLDED OUT OF THE FOLDS.

Laws for Creations.

CHILDREN OF ADAM.

To Him that was Crucified.

SALUT AU MONDE!

A Child's Amaze.

Beautiful Women.

Mother and Babe.

American Feuillage.

Song of the Broad-Axe.

Song of the Open Road.

Leaves of Grass.

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.

WITH ANTECEDENTS.

The City Dead-House.

A Farm Picture.

Carol of Occupations.

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CAROL OF WORDS.

Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats.

Leaves of Grass.

A Broadway Pageant.

Great are the Myths.

Leaves of Grass.

Leaves of Grass.

Marches now the War is Over.

Leaves of Grass.

Bathed in War's Perfume.

Leaves of Grass.

Songs of Insurrection.

Leaves of Grass.

SONGS OF PARTING.

PASSAGE TO INDIA.

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The cloth laps a first sweet eating and drinking,
Laps life-swelling yolks—laps ear of rose-corn, milky and just ripen'd;

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The white teeth stay, and the boss-tooth advances in darkness,
And liquor is spill'd on lips and bosoms by touching glasses, and the best liquor afterward.