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Leaves of grass.
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CONTENTS
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Proto-Leaf.
WALT WHITMAN.
CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN
Apostroph.
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LEAVES OF GRASS.
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SALUT AU MONDE!
POEM OF JOYS.
A WORD OUT OF THE SEA.
REMINISCENCE
A LEAF OF FACES
EUROPE, The 72d and 73d Years of Thefe States.
THOUGHT
ENFANS D'ADAM
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POEM OF THE ROAD
TO THE SAYERS OF WORDS
A BOSTON BALLAD, The 78th Year of Thefe States.
CALAMUS.
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CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY
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 a Pupil
To The States, To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Prefidentiad.
To a Cantatrice
Walt Whitman's Caution
To a President
To other Lands
To Old Age
To You
MANNAHATTA
FRANCE, The 18th Year of Thefe States.
THOUGHTS.
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UNNAMED LANDS
KOSMOS
A HAND-MIRROR
BEGINNERS
TESTS
SAVANTISM
PERFECTIONS
SAYS.
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DEBRIS
SLEEP-CHASINGS.
BURIAL.
TO MY SOUL
So long!
WALT WHITMAN
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O HYMEN! O hymenee!
Why do you tantalize me thus?
O why sting me for a swift moment only?
Why can you not continue? O why do you now
cease?
Is it because, if you continued beyond the swift
moment, you would soon certainly kill me?
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