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Leaves of grass. (1861-1861)

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

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CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN.

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.

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MESSENGER LEAVES.

To You, Whoever You Are.

To a Foiled Revolter or Revoltress.

To Him that was Crucified.

To One shortly To Die.

To a Common Prostitute.

To Rich Givers.

To The States, To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad.

To a Cantatrice.

Walt Whitman's Caution.

To a President.

To other Lands.

FRANCE, The 18th Year of These States.

SLEEP-CHASINGS.

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Walt Whitman's Caution.

To The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.