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Burroughs, John

(Encyclopedia) Burroughs, John, 1837–1921, American naturalist and author, b. Roxbury, N.Y.; son of a farmer. He was a journalist, a treasury clerk in Washington, and a bank examiner, before settling…

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman was a 19th century writer whose life's work, Leaves of Grass, made him one of the first American poets to gain international attention. Walt Whitman spent most of his young life in…

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

John DonneEditor's Note:In the original text, each section is typically comprised of a single paragraph which may be quite lengthy. In order to render the text more suitable for online reading, which…

Walt Whitman: Sands at Seventy

Sands at SeventyMannahattaPaumanokFrom Montauk PointTo Those Who've Fail'dA Carol Closing Sixty-NineThe Bravest SoldiersA Font of TypeAs I Sit Writing HereMy Canary BirdQueries to My…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself

Song of MyselfPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7Part 8Part 9Part 10Part 11Part 12Part 13Part 14Part 15Part 16Part 17Part 18Part 19Part 20Part 21Part 22Part 23Part 24Part 25Part 26Part…

Walt Whitman: Drum-Taps

Drum-TapsFirst O Songs for a PreludeEighteen Sixty-OneBeat! Beat! Drums!From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a BirdSong of the Banner at DaybreakRise O Days from Your Fathomless DeepsVirginia—…

Walt Whitman: Autumn Rivulets

Autumn RivuletsAs Consequent, Etc.The Return of the HeroesThere Was a Child Went ForthOld IrelandThe City Dead-HouseThis CompostTo a Foil'd European RevolutionaireUnnamed LandSong of…

Walt Whitman: Calamus

CalamusIn Paths UntroddenScented Herbage of My BreastWhoever You Are Holding Me Now in HandFor You, O DemocracyThese I Singing in SpringNot Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast OnlyOf the Terrible…

Leaves of Grass

Walt WhitmanDedicationCome, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, long hence, in other spheres, There to some group of…

Walt Whitman: Good-Bye My Fancy

Good-Bye My FancySail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht!Lingering Last DropsGood-Bye My FancyOn, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!MY 71st YearApparitionsThe Pallid WreathAn Ended DayOld Age's Ship…