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Walt Whitman: For Him I Sing

For Him I SingFor him I sing, I raise the present on the past, (As some perennial tree out of its roots, the present on the past,) With time and space I him dilate and fuse the immortal laws…

Walt Whitman: To a Certain Cantatrice

To a Certain CantatriceHere, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of…

Walt Whitman: Me Imperturbe

Me ImperturbeMe imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, Master of all or mistress of all, aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they, passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding…

Walt Whitman: The Ship Starting

The Ship StartingLo, the unbounded sea, On its breast a ship starting, spreading all sails, carrying even her moonsails. The pennant is flying aloft as she speeds she speeds so stately…

Walt Whitman: Poets to Come

Poets to ComePoets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me and answer what I am for, But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than…

Walt Whitman: To You ("Stranger")

To YouStranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

Walt Whitman: Thou Reader

Thou ReaderThou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I, Therefore for thee the following chants.

Walt Whitman: To the Garden the World

To the Garden the WorldTo the garden the world anew ascending, Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of their bodies, meaning and being, Curious here behold my…

Walt Whitman: Spontaneous Me

Spontaneous MeSpontaneous me, Nature, The loving day, the mounting sun, the friend I am happy with, The arm of my friend hanging idly over my shoulder, The hillside whiten'd with blossoms of…

Walt Whitman: O Hymen! O Hymenee!

O Hymen! O Hymenee!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…