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Walt Whitman: A Riddle Song

A Riddle SongThat which eludes this verse and any verse, Unheard by sharpest ear, unform'd in clearest eye or cunningest mind, Nor lore nor fame, nor happiness nor wealth, And yet the pulse…

Walt Whitman: A Clear Midnight

A Clear MidnightThis is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing,…

Walt Whitman: Years of the Modern

Years of the ModernYears of the modern! years of the unperform'd! Your horizon rises, I see it parting away for more august dramas, I see not America only, not only Liberty's nation but other…

Walt Whitman: Ashes of Soldiers

Ashes of SoldiersAshes of soldiers South or North, As I muse retrospective murmuring a chant in thought, The war resumes, again to my sense your shapes, And again the advance of the armies.…

Walt Whitman: Song at Sunset

Song at SunsetSplendor of ended day floating and filling me, Hour prophetic, hour resuming the past, Inflating my throat, you divine average, You earth and life till the last ray gleams I…

Walt Whitman: My Legacy

My LegacyThe business man the acquirer vast, After assiduous years surveying results, preparing for departure, Devises houses and lands to his children, bequeaths stocks, goods, funds for…

Walt Whitman: Camps of Green

Camps of GreenNor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars, When as order'd forward, after a long march, Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessens we halt for the night, Some…

Walt Whitman: As They Draw to a Close

As They Draw to a CloseAs they draw to a close, Of what underlies the precedent songs—of my aims in them, Of the seed I have sought to plant in them, Of joy, sweet joy, through many a year,…

Walt Whitman: So Long!

So Long!To conclude, I announce what comes after me.I remember I said before my leaves sprang at all, I would raise my voice jocund and strong with reference to consummations.When America…