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Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 6

Part 6A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.I guess it must be the flag of my disposition…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 7

Part 7Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash'd babe, and…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 8

Part 8The little one sleeps in its cradle, I lift the gauze and look a long time, and silently brush away flies with my hand.The youngster and the red-faced girl turn aside up the bushy…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 9

Part 9The big doors of the country barn stand open and ready, The dried grass of the harvest-time loads the slow-drawn wagon, The clear light plays on the brown gray and green intertinged,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Merlin's Song

Merlin's SongI Of Merlin wise I learned a song,— Sing it low or sing it loud, It is mightier than the strong, And punishes the proud. I sing it to the surging crowd,— Good men it will calm…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Song of Nature

Song of NatureMine are the night and morning, The pits of air, the gulf of space, The sportive sun, the gibbous moon, The innumerable days. I hide in the solar glory, I am dumb in the pealing…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: National Song

National Song There is no land like England Where'er the light of day be; There are no hearts like English hearts, Such hearts of oak as they be. There is no land like England…

Walt Whitman: First O Songs for a Prelude

First O Songs for a PreludeFirst O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Banner at Daybreak

Song of the Banner at Daybreak Poet: O A new song, a free song, Flapping, flapping, flapping, flapping, by sounds, by voices clearer, By the wind's voice and that of the drum, By the…