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Leaves of grass (1872)

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

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Leaves of Grass.

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ONE'S-SELF I SING.

AS I PONDER'D IN SILENCE.

IN CABIN'D SHIPS AT SEA.

TO FOREIGN LANDS.

TO A HISTORIAN.

FOR HIM I SING.

WHEN I READ THE BOOK.

BEGINNING MY STUDIES.

TO THEE, OLD CAUSE!

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.

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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Mannahatta a-march!—and it's O to sing it well!
It's O for a manly life in the camp!

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And the sturdy artillery!
The guns, bright as gold—the work for giants—to serve well the guns:

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Unlimber them! no more, as the past forty years, for salutes for courtesies merely;
Put in something else now besides powder and wadding.