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Contents

                       
Leaves of Grass.  
1. Poem of Walt Whitman, an American........   5  
2. Poem of Women............................   101  
3. Poem of Salutation.......................   108  
4. Poem of The Daily Work of The Workmen and
      Workwomen of These States................  
121  
5. Broad-Axe Poem...........................   140  
6. Poem of A Few Greatnesses................   161  
7. Poem of The Body.........................   167  
8. Poem of Many In One......................  180  
9. Poem of Wonder at The Resurrection of The
      Wheat....................................  
202  
10. Poem of You, Whoever You Are.............   206  
11. Sun-Down Poem............................   211  
12. Poem of The Road.........................   223  
13. Poem of Procreation......................   240  
14. Poem of The Poet.........................   244  
15. Clef Poem................................   249  
16. Poem of The Dead Young Men of Europe, the
      72d and 78d Years of These States........  
252  
17. Poem of The Heart of The Son of Manhattan
      Island...................................  
255  
18. Poem of The Last Explanation of Prudence.   257  
19. Poem of The Singers, and of The Words of
      Poems....................................  
262  
20. Faith Poem...............................   265  
21. Liberty Poem for Asia, Africa, Europe,
      America, Australia, Cuba, and the
      Archipelagoes of The Sea.................  
268  
22. Poem of Apparitions in Boston,
      the 78th Year of These States............  
271  

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23. Poem of Remembrances for A Girl or A Boy of These
      States................................................  
275  
24. Poem of Perfect Miracles..............................  279  
25. Poem of The Child That Went Forth, and Always Goes
      Forth, Forever and Forever............................  
282  
26. Night Poem............................................  286  
27. Poem of Faces.........................................  302  
28. Bunch Poem............................................  309  
29. Lesson Poem...........................................  313  
30. Poem of The Propositions of Nakedness.................  316  
31. Poem of The Sayers of The Words of The Earth..........  322  
32. Burial Poem...........................................  332  
   
LEAVES-DROPPINGS. 
Correspondence ............................................ 345  
Opinions. 1855-6 .......................................... 359