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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.

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.

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Songs of Insurrection.

STILL THOUGH THE ONE I SING.

TO A FOIL'D EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONAIRE.

Walt Whitman's Caution.

To a Certain Cantatrice.

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.