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Leaves of grass. (1861-1861)

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

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CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN.

1.

[1. A nation announcing itself, (many in one,)]

2.

[2. Broad-axe, shapely, naked, wan!]

3.

[3. Come closer to me]

4.

[4. America always!]

5.

[5. Respondez! Respondez!]

6.

[6. You just maturing youth! You male or female!]

7.

[7. With antecedents]

8.

[8. Splendor of falling day, floating and filling me]

9.

[9. A thought of what I am here for]

10.

[10. Historian! you who celebrate bygones!]

11.

[11. The thought of fruitage]

12.

[12. To oratists—to male or female]

13.

[13. Laws for Creations]

14.

[14. Poets to come!]

15.

[15. Who has gone farthest? For I swear I will go farther]

16.

[16. They shall arise in the States—mediums shall]

17.

[17. Now we start hence, I with the rest, on our journeys through The States]

18.

[18. Me imperturbe]

19.

[19. I was looking a long while for the history of the past for myself, and for these Chants—and now I have found it,]

20.

[20. American mouth-songs!]

21.

[21. As I walk, solitary, unattended]

Leaves of Grass.

Salut au Monde!

A WORD OUT OF THE SEA.

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

Enfans d' Adam.

POEM OF THE ROAD.

TO THE SAYERS OF WORDS.

A BOSTON BALLAD, The 78th Year of These States.

CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY.

LONGINGS FOR HOME.

MESSENGER LEAVES.

FRANCE, The 18th Year of These States.

SLEEP-CHASINGS.

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23.

Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat,

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Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best,
Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.