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Leaves of grass.
[title page]
CONTENTS.
INSCRIPTION.
[book]
STARTING FROM PAUMANOK.
WALT WHITMAN.
CHILDREN OF ADAM.
EXCELSIOR.
CALAMUS.
SALUT AU MONDE!
WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED?
LEAVES OF GRASS.
BEGINNERS.
TESTS.
PERFECTIONS.
SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE.
WITH ANTECEDENTS.
SAVANTISM.
CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY.
TO A FOIL'D REVOLTER OR REVOLTRESS.
TO GET BETIMES IN BOSTON TOWN.
TO A COMMON PROSTITUTE.
TO A PUPIL.
TO RICH GIVERS.
A WORD OUT OF THE SEA.
A LEAF OF FACES.
STRONGER LESSONS.
EUROPE, The 72d and 73d Years of These States.
THOUGHT.
THE RUNNER.
TO THE SAYERS OF WORDS.
LONGINGS FOR HOME.
TO A PRESIDENT.
WALT WHITMAN'S CAUTION.
TO OTHER LANDS.
SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD.
TO THE STATES, To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad.
TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE.
TO WORKINGMEN.
DEBRIS.
LEAVES OF GRASS.
AMERICAN FEUILLAGE.
MANNAHATTA.
To You.
FRANCE, The 18th Year of These States.
A HAND-MIRROR.
THOUGHTS.
TO HIM THAT WAS CRUCIFIED.
TO OLD AGE.
TO ONE SHORTLY TO DIE.
TO YOU.
UNNAMED LANDS.
KOSMOS.
WHEN I READ THE BOOK.
SAYS.
DESPAIRING CRIES.
PICTURE.
POEMS OF JOY.
RESPONDEZ!
THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.
LEAFLETS.
LEAVES OF GRASS.
VISOR'D.
NOT THE PILOT.
AS IF A PHANTOM CARESS'D ME.
PICTURE.
GREAT ARE THE MYTHS.
NOW LIST TO MY MORNING'S ROMANZA.
BURIAL.
THIS COMPOST!
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING.
Manhattan's Streets I Saunter'd, Pondering.
I WAS LOOKING A LONG WHILE.
THE INDICATIONS.
LEAVES OF GRASS.
ME IMPERTURBE.
SLEEP-CHASINGS.
ELEMENTAL DRIFTS.
MIRACLES.
YOU FELONS ON TRIAL IN COURTS.
MEDIUMS.
NOW LIFT ME CLOSE.
WALT WHITMAN'S DRUM -TAPS. New-York. 1865.
SEQUEL TO DRUM-TAPS. (SINCE THE PRECEDING CAME FROM THE PRESS.) WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOOR-YARD BLOOM'D. AND OTHER PIECES.WASHINGTON. 1865-6.
LEAVES OF GRASS. SONGS BEFORE PARTING.
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Leaves of grass.
THE RUNNER.
ON
a flat road runs the well-train'd runner;
He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs;
He is thinly clothed — he leans forward as he runs,
With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais'd.
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Leaves of grass.
