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Walt Whitman May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892 Poetry Listing Read More About Walt Whitman below poetry list Poem Title First Lines Period # Lines # Reads 1: 1861 Arm'd year! year of the struggle! 1204 2: A Boston Ballad, 1854 To get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early; 42 1412 3: A Broadway Pageant Over the western sea, hither from Niphon come, 1375 4: A Carol Of Harvest, For 1867 A song of the good green grass! 1227 5: A Child Said, What Is The Grass? A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; 1411 6: A Child's Amaze Slient and amazed, even when a little boy, 3 1521 7: A Clear Midnight This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, 4 1370 8: A Farm-Picture Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, 3 1273 9: A Glimpse A glimpse, through an interstice caught, 9 1274 10: A Hand-Mirror Hold it up sternly! See this it sends back! (Who is it? Is it you?) 11 1223 11: A Leaf For Hand In Hand A leaf for hand in hand! 1249 12: A March In The Ranks, Hard-Prest A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown; 1195 13: A Noiseless Patient Spider A noiseless, patient spider, 1419 14: A Paumanok Picture Two boats with nets lying off the sea-beach, quite still, 1112 15: A Promise To California A promise to California, 1191 16: A Riddle Song That which eludes this verse and any verse, 36 1129 17: A Sight In Camp A sight in camp in the day-break grey and dim, 1133 18: A Song Come, I will make the continent indissoluble; 893 19: A Woman Waits For Me A woman waits for me--she contains all, nothing is lacking, 1000 20: Aboard At A Ship's Helm Aboard, at a ship's helm, 947 21: Abraham Lincoln, Born Feb. 12, 1809 To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer, a pulse of thought, 985 22: Adieu To A Solider Adieu, O soldier! 877 23: After The Sea-Ship After the Sea-Ship--after the whistling winds; 943 24: Ages And Ages, Returning At Intervals Ages and ages, returning at intervals, 777 25: Ah Poverties, Wincings Sulky Retreats Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats! 790 26: All Is Truth O me, man of slack faith so long! 945 27: American Feuillage America always! 915 28: Among The Multitude Among the men and women, the multitude, 825 29: An Army Corps On The March With its cloud of skirmishers in advance, 724 30: An Old Man’s Thought Of School An old man’s thought of School; 1032 31: Apostroph O mater! O fils! 810 32: Are You The New Person, Drawn Toward Me? Are you the new person drawn toward me? 952 33: As A Strong Bird On Pinious Free As a strong bird on pinions free, 847 34: As Adam, Early In The Morning As Adam, early in the morning, 758 35: As At Thy Portals Also Death As at thy portals also death, 757 36: As Consequent, Etc. As consequent from store of summer rains, 1096 37: As I Ebb'd With The Ocean Of Life As I ebb'd with the ocean of life, 1168 38: As I Lay With Head In Your Lap, Camerado As I lay with my head in your lap, Camerado, 734 39: As I Ponder'd In Silence As I ponder'd in silence, 1189 40: As I Sat Alone By Blue Ontario's Shores As I sat alone, by blue Ontario's shore, 764 41: As I Walk These Broad, Majestic Days As I walk these broad, majestic days of peace, 1091 42: As I Watche'd The Ploughman Ploughing As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing, 770 43: As If A Phantom Caress'd Me As if a phantom caress'd me, 1234 44: As The Time Draws Nigh As the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud, 830 45: As Toilsome I Wander'd As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods, 1041 46: Ashes Of Soldiers Again a verse for sake of you, 839 47: Assurances I need no assurances--I am a man who is preoccupied, of his own Soul; 1091 48: Bathed In War's Perfume Bathed in war's perfume--delicate flag! 731 49: Beat! Beat! Drums! Beat! beat! drums!--Blow! bugles! blow! 806 50: Beautiful Women Women sit, or move to and fro--some old, some young; 764 51: Beginners How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals;) 774 52: Beginning My Studies Beginning my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much, 736 53: Behavior Behavior--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself, 715 54: Behold This Swarthy Face Behold this swarthy face--these gray eyes, 790 55: Bivouac On A Mountain Side I see before me now, a traveling army halting; 970 56: Brother Of All, With Genesrous Hand Brother of all, with generous hand, 723 57: By Broad Potomac's Shore By broad Potomac's shore--again, old tongue! 693 58: By The Bivouac's Fitful Flame By the bivouac's fitful flame, 671 59: Camps Of Green Not alone those camps of white, O soldiers, 1010 60: Carol Of Occupations Come closer to me; 920 61: Carol Of Words Earth, round, rolling, compact--suns, moons, animals--all these are words to be said; 1006 62: Cavalry Crossing A Ford A line in long array, where they wind betwixt green islands; 931 63: Chanting The Square Deific Chanting the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the sides; 922 64: City Of Orgies City of orgies, walks and joys! 941 65: City Of Ships City of ships! 995 66: Come Up From The Fields, Father Come up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; 1008 67: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face; 848 68: Darest Thou Now, O Soul Darest thou now, O Soul, 1184 69: Debris He is wisest who has the most caution, 1072 70: Delicate Cluster Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life! 960 71: Despairing Cries Despairing cries float ceaselessly toward me, day and night, 984 72: Dirge For Two Veterans The last sunbeam 968 73: Drum-Taps Aroused and angry, 996 74: Earth! My Likeness! Earth! my likeness! 1004 75: Eidolons I met a seer, 935 76: Elemental Drifts Elemental drifts! 947 77: Ethiopia Saluting The Colors Who are you, dusky woman, so ancient, hardly human, 927 78: Europe, The 72nd And 73rd Years Of These States Suddenly out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves, 896 79: Excelsior Who has gone farthest? For lo! have not I gone farther? 983 80: Faces Sauntering the pavement, or riding the country by-road--lo! such faces! 1054 81: Facing West From California's Shores Facing west, from California's shores, 1178 82: Fast Anchor'd, Eternal, O Love Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love! 894 83: For Him I Sing For him I sing, 1139 84: France, The 18th Year Of These States A great year and place; 1045 85: From Far Dakota's Canons From far Dakota's cañons, 995 86: From My Last Years From my last years, last thoughts I here bequeath, 981 87: From Paumanok Starting From Paumanock starting, I fly like a bird, 979 88: From Pent-Up Aching Rivers From pent-up, aching rivers; 1187 89: Full Of Life, Now Full of life, now, compact, visible, 1026 90: Germs Forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts, 1035 91: Give Me The Splendid, Silent Sun Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; 1028 92: Gliding O'er All Gliding o'er all, through all, 970 93: God Thought of the Infinite - the All! 1043 94: Great Are The Myths Great are the myths - I too delight in them; 1005 95: Had I The Choice Had I the choice to tally greatest bards, 987 96: Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour Hast never come to thee an hour, 981 97: Here The Frailest Leaves Of Me Here the frailest leaves of me, and yet my strongest-lasting: 1015 98: Here, Sailor What ship, puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning? 942 99: Hours Continuing Long Hours continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted, 1035 100: How Solemn As One By One How solemn, as one by one, 1020 101: Hush'd Be The Camps To-day Hush'd be the camps to-day; 1038 102: I Am He That Aches With Love I am he that aches with amorous love; 983 103: I Dream'd In A Dream I dream'd in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth; 887 104: I Hear America Singing I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; 993 105: I Hear It Was Charged Against Me I hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions; 779 106: I Heard You, Solemn-Sweep Pipes Of The Organ I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last Sunday morn I pass'd the church; 853 107: I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing, 825 108: I Saw Old General At Bay I saw old General at bay; 943 109: I Sing The Body Electric I sing the Body electric; 905 110: I Sit And Look Out I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame; 1083 111: I Thought I Was Not Alone I thought I was not alone, walking here by the shore, 786 112: I Was Looking A Long While I was looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past for myself, 970 113: I Will Take An Egg Out Of The Robin's Nest I will take an egg out of the robin's nest in the orchard, 810 114: In Cabin'd Ships At Sea In cabin'd ships, at sea, 965 115: In Former Songs In former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful Life, 713 116: In Midnight Sleep In midnight sleep, of many a face of anguish, 1039 117: In Paths Untrodden In paths untrodden, 816 118: In The New Garden In All The Parts In the new garden, in all the parts, 907 119: Inscription Small is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest - namely, 782 120: Italian Music In Dakota Through the soft evening air enwrinding all, 937 121: Joy, Shipmate, Joy! Joy! shipmate - joy! 693 122: Kosmos Who includes diversity, and is Nature, 772 123: Laws For Creations Laws for Creations, 699 124: Leaves Of Grass. A Carol Of Harvest For 1867 A song of the good green grass! 860 125: Lessons There are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety; 842 126: Lo! Victress On The Peaks Lo! Victress on the peaks! 660 127: Locations And Times Locations and times - what is it in me that meets them all, whenever and wherever, and makes me at home? 748 128: Long I Thought That Knowledge Long I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me - O if I could but obtain knowledge! 858 129: Long, Too Long, O Land! Long, too long, O land, 711 130: Longings For Home O magnet-south! O glistening, perfumed South! My South! 985 131: Look Down, Fair Moon Look down, fair moon, and bathe this scene; 731 132: Manhattan Streets I Saunter'd, Pondering Manhattan's streets I saunter'd, pondering, 953 133: Mannahatta I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, 1050 134: Me Imperturbe Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, 1067 135: Mediums They shall arise in the States, 985 136: Miracles Why! who makes much of a miracle? 1008 137: Mother And Babe I see the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its mother; 1030 138: My Picture-Gallery In a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix'd house, 959 139: Myself And Mine Myself and mine gymnastic ever, 909 140: Native Moments Native moments! when you come upon me - Ah you are here now! 1058 141: Night On The Prairies Night on the prairies; 1059 142: No Labor-Saving Machine No labor-saving machine, 988 143: Not Heat Flames Up And Consumes Not heat flames up and consumes, 903 144: Not Heaving From My Ribb'd Breast Only Not heaving from my ribb'd breast only; 964 145: Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me Not my enemies ever invade me - no harm to my pride from them I fear; 931 146: Not The Pilot Not the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port, though beaten back, and many times baffled; 927 147: Not Youth Pertains To Me Not youth pertains to me, 1054 148: Now Finale To The Shore Now finale to the shore! 912 149: Now List To My Morning's Romanza Now list to my morning's romanza - I tell the signs of the Answerer; 939 150: O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! O bitter sprig! Confession sprig! 903 151: O Captain! My Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; 1121 152: O Hymen! O Hymenee! O Hymen! O hymenee! 924 153: O Living Always - Always Dying O living always - always dying! 909 154: O Me! O Life! O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; 1000 155: O Star Of France O star of France! 1109 156: O Sun Of Real Peace O sun of real peace! O hastening light! 1019 157: O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy O tan-faced prairie-boy! 917 158: O You Whom I Often And Silently Come O you whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; 1012 159: Of Him I Love Day And Night Of him I love day and night, I dream'd I heard he was dead; 690 160: Of The Terrible Doubt Of Apperarances Of the terrible doubt of appearances, 657 161: Of The Visage Of Things Of the visages of things - And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath; 733 162: Offerings A thousand perfect men and women appear, 871 163: Old Ireland Far hence, amid an isle of wondrous beauty, 719 164: On Old Man's Thought Of School An old man's thought of School; 678 165: On The Beach At Night On the beach, at night, 914 166: On The Beach At Night, Alone On the beach at night alone, 729 167: Once I Pass'd Through A Populous City Once I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, 750 168: One Hour To Madness And Joy One hour to madness and joy! 759 169: One Song, America, Before I Go One song, America, before I go, 708 170: One Sweeps By One sweeps by, attended by an immense train, 667 171: One's Self I Sing One's-self I sing - a simple, separate Person; 977 172: Or From That Sea Of Time Or, from that Sea of Time, 802 173: Others May Praise What They Like Others may praise what they like; 938 174: Out From Behind His Mask Out from behind this bending, rough-cut Mask, 665 175: Out Of Rhe Rolling Ocean, The Crowd Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me, 968 176: Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, 913 177: Over The Carnage Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice, 659 178: Passage To India Singing my days, 679 179: Patroling Barnegat Wild, wild the storm, and the sea high running, 635 180: Pensive And Faltering Pensive and faltering, 746 181: Pensive On Her Dead Gazing, I Heard The Mother Of All Pensive, on her dead gazing, I heard the Mother of All, 756 182: Perfections Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, 760 183: Pioneers! O Pioneers! Come, my tan-faced children, 655 184: Poem Of Remembrance For A Girl Or A Boy You just maturing youth! You male or female! 713 185: Poems Of Joys O to make the most jubilant poem! 694 186: Poets To Come Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! 784 187: Portals What are those of the known, but to ascend and enter the Unknown? 882 188: Prayer Of Columbus A batter'd, wreck'd old man, 1334 189: President Lincoln's Burial Hymn When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd 680 190: Primeval My Love For The Woman I Love Primeval my love for the woman I love, 728 191: Proud Music Of The Storm Proud music of the storm! 730 192: Quicksand Years Quicksand years that whirl me I know not whither, 919 193: Race Of Veterans Race of veterans! Race of victors! 788 194: Reconciliation Word over all, beautiful as the sky! 761 195: Recorders Ages Hence Recorders ages hence! 688 196: Respondez! Respondez! Respondez! 647 197: Rise, O Days Rise, O days, from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep! 721 198: Roaming In Thought Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, 623 199: Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone Roots and leaves themselves alone are these; 638 200: Salut Au Monde O take my hand, Walt Whitman! 856 201: Savantism Thither, as I look, I see each result and glory retracing itself and nestling close, always obligated; 719 202: Says I say whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person, that is finally right. 921 203: Scented Herbage Of My Breast Scented herbage of my breast, 646 204: Sea -Shore Memories Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, 884 205: Shut Not Your Doors Shut not your doors to me, proud libraries, 710 206: Sing Of The Banner At Day-Break O A new song, a free song, 842 207: So Far And So Far, And On Toward The End So far, and so far, and on toward the end, 1900 731 208: So Long To conclude I announce what comes after me; 887 209: Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb Solid, ironical, rolling orb! 883 210: Sometimes With One I Love Sometimes with one I love, I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse unreturn'd love; 939 211: Song At Sunset Splendor of ended day, floating and filling me! 1017 212: Song For All Seas, All Ships To-day a rude brief recitative, 818 213: Song Of The Broad-Axe Weapon, shapely, naked, wan! 863 214: Song Of The Exposition After all, not to create only, or found only, 808 215: Song Of The Open Road Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, 896 216: Song Of The Redwood-Tree A California song! 953 217: Song Of The Universal Come, said the Muse, 813 218: Souvenirs Of Democracy The business man, the acquirer vast, 920 219: Spain 1873-'74 Out of the murk of heaviest clouds, 930 220: Sparkles From The Wheel Where the city's ceaseless crowd moves on, the live-long day, 809 221: Spirit That Form'd This Scene Spirit that form'd this scene, 828 222: Spirit Whose Work Is Done Spirit whose work is done! spirit of dreadful hours! 967 223: Spontaneous Me Spontaneous me, Nature, 927 224: Starting From Paumanok Starting from fish-shape Paumanok, where I was born, 777 225: States! States! Were you looking to be held together by the lawyers? 882 226: Still, Though The One I Sing Still, though the one I sing, 862 227: Tears Tears! tears! tears! 991 228: Tests All submit to them, where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable to analysis, in the Soul; 930 229: That Last Invocation At the last, tenderly, 924 230: That Music Always Round Me That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning yet long untaught I did not hear; 971 231: That Shadow, My Likeness That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, chaffering; 946 232: The Artilleryman's Vision While my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long, 838 233: The Base Of All Metaphysics And now, gentlemen, 702 234: The Centenarian's Story Give me your hand, old Revolutionary; 799 235: The City Dead-House By the City Dead-House, by the gate, 729 236: The Dalliance Of The Eagles Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) 892 237: The Dresser An old man bending, I come, among new faces, 676 238: The Indications The indications, and tally of time; 853 239: The Mystic Trumpeter Hark! some wild trumpeter some strange musician, 748 240: The Ox Tamer In a faraway northern county, in the placid, pastoral region, 952 241: The Prairie States A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude, 663 242: The Prairie-Grass Dividing The prairie-grass dividing its special odor breathing, 960 243: The Runner On a flat road runs the well-train'd runner; 744 244: The Ship Starting Lo! The unbounded sea! 1038 245: The Singer In The Prison O sight of shame, and pain, and dole! 846 246: The Sleepers I wander all night in my vision, 1000 247: The Sobbing Of The Bells The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere, 798 248: The Torch On my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen's group stands watching; 1039 249: The Untold Want The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted, 874 250: The World Below The Brine The world below the brine; 910 251: There Was A Child Went Forth There was a child went forth every day; 647 252: These Carols These Carols, sung to cheer my passage through the world I see, 940 253: These, I, Singing In Spring These, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers, 766 254: Thick-Sprinkled Bunting Thick-sprinkled bunting! Flag of stars! 634 255: Think Of The Soul Think of the Soul; 672 256: This Compost Something startles me where I thought I was safest; 706 257: This Day, O Soul This day, O Soul, I give you a wondrous mirror; 688 258: This Dust Was Once The Man This dust was once the Man, 672 259: This Moment, Yearning And Thoughtful This moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone, 659 260: Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon! 652 261: Thou Reader Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I, 753 262: Thought As they draw to a close, 783 263: Thought Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness; 1059 264: Thought Of persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth, scholarships, and the like; 1058 265: Thought As I sit with others, at a great feast, suddenly, while the music is playing, 949 266: Thought Of Justice—As if Justice could be anything but the same ample law, expounded by natural judges and saviors, 961 267: Thought Of equality, As if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself, 965 268: Thought Of what I write from myself, As if that were not the resumé; 901 269: Thoughts Of these years I sing, 872 270: Thoughts Of ownership, As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon all, 1007 271: Thoughts Of Public Opinion; 936 272: To A Certain Cantatrice Here, take this gift! 633 273: To A Certain Civilian Did YOU ask dulcet rhymes from me? 692 274: To A Common Prostitute Be composed, be at ease with me, I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature; 698 275: To A Foil'd European Revolutionaire Courage yet! my brother or my sister! 1807 276: To A Historian You who celebrate bygones! 691 277: To A Locomotive In Winter Thee for my recitative! 860 278: To A President All you are doing and saying is to America dangled mirages, 648 279: To A Pupil Is reform needed? Is it through you? 676 280: To A Stranger Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, 674 281: To A Western Boy O boy of the West! 693 282: To Foreign Lands I heard that you ask'd for something to prove this puzzle, the New World, 623 283: To Him That Was Crucified My spirit to yours, dear brother; 696 284: To Old Age I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours in the great Sea. 761 285: To One Shortly To Die From all the rest I single out you, having a message for you: 670 286: To Oratists To Oratists, to male or female, 638 287: To Rich Givers What you give me, I cheerfully accept, 680 288: To The East And To The West To the East and to the West; 633 289: To The Garden The World To the garden, the world, anew ascending, 645 290: To The Leaven'd Soil They Trod To the leaven'd soil they trod, calling, I sing, for the last; 666 291: To The Man-Of-War-Bird Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm, 655 292: To The Reader At Parting Now, dearest comrade, lift me to your face, 957 293: To The States Why reclining, interrogating? Why myself and all drowsing? 678 294: To Thee, Old Cause! To thee, old Cause! 976 295: To Think Of Time To think of time, of all that retrospection! 652 296: To You Let us twain walk aside from the rest; 923 297: To You Stranger! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? 959 298: To You Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams, 968 299: Trickle, Drops Trickle, drops! my blue veins 850 300: Turn, O Libertad Turn, O Libertad, for the war is over, 836 301: Two Rivulets Two Rivulets side by side, 849 302: Unfolded Out Of The Folds Unfolded out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is always to come unfolded; 869 303: Unnamed Lands Nations ten thousand years before These States, and many times ten thousand years before These States; 901 304: Vicouac On A Mountain Side I see before me now, a traveling army halting; 824 305: Virgil Strange I Kept On The Field Vigil strange I kept on the field one night: 931 306: Virginia, The West The noble Sire, fallen on evil days, 861 307: Visor'd A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself, 914 308: Voices Now I make a leaf of Voices, for I have found nothing mightier than they are, 916 309: Walt Whitman I Celebrate myself; 985 310: Walt Whitman's Caution To The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, 880 311: Wandering At Morn Wandering at morn, 922 312: Warble Of Lilac-Time Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time, 864 313: We Two Boys Together Clinging We two boys together clinging, 928 314: We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd We two, how long we were fool'd! 924 315: Weave In, Weave In, My Hardy Life Weave in! weave in, my hardy life! 823 316: What Am I, After All? What am I, after all, but a child, pleas'd with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over; 847 317: What Best I See In Thee What best I see in thee, 852 318: What General Has A Good Army What General has a good army in himself, has a good army; 808 319: What Place Is Besieged? What place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege? 833 320: What Think You I Take My Pen In Hand? What think you I take my pen in hand to record? 850 321: What Weeping Face What weeping face is that looking from the window? 856 322: When I Heard At The Close Of The Day When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv'd with plaudits in the capitol, 965 323: When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer When I heard the learn'd astronomer; 838 324: When I Peruse The Conquer'd Fame When I peruse the conquer'd fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals, 826 325: When I Read The Book When I read the book, the biography famous, 854 326: When Lilacs Last In The Door-yard Bloom'd When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d, 804 327: Whispers Of Heavenly Death Whispers of heavenly death, murmur'd I hear; 858 328: Who Is Now Reading This? May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life, 871 329: Who Learns My Lesson Complete? Who learns my lesson complete? 839 330: Whoever You Are, Holding Me Now In Hand Whoever you are, holding me now in hand, 890 331: With All Thy Gifts, America With all thy gifts, America, 852 332: With Antecedents With antecedents; 851 333: World, Take Good Notice World, take good notice, silver stars fading, 861 334: Year Of Meteors, 1859 '60 Year of meteors! brooding year! 912 335: Year That Trembled Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me! 961 336: Years Of The Modern Years of the modern! years of the unperform'd! 1014 337: Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours Yet, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also; 882 338: You Felons On Trial In Courts You felons on trial in courts; 946 About: Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and Realism, incorporating both views in his works. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.[1] Whitman is among the most influential and controversial poets in the American canon. His work has been described as a "rude shock" and "the most audacious and debatable contribution yet made to American literature."[2] As Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass (By Blue Ontario's Shore), "Rhymes and rhymers pass away...America justifies itself, give it time..." This page viewed 22601 times.

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