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Walt Whitman: To You ("Whoever you are")
To YouWhoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams, I fear these supposed realities are to melt from under your feet and hands, Even now your features, joys, speech, house,…Walt Whitman: France [the 18th Year of these States]
France [the 18th Year of these States]A great year and place A harsh discordant natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother's heart closer than any yet.I walk'd the shores of my…Walt Whitman: Year of Meteors [1859-60]
Year of Meteors [1859-60]Year of meteors! brooding year! I would bind in words retrospective some of your deeds and signs, I would sing your contest for the 19th Presidentiad, I would sing…Walt Whitman: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Out of the Cradle Endlessly RockingOut of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight, Over the sterile sands and the…Walt Whitman: To the Man-of-War-Bird
To the Man-of-War-BirdThou who hast slept all night upon the storm, Waking renew'd on thy prodigious pinions, (Burst the wild storm? above it thou ascended'st, And rested on the sky, thy…Walt Whitman: Song for All Seas, All Ships
Song for All Seas, All ShipsPart 1To-day a rude brief recitative, Of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal, Of unnamed heroes in the ships—of waves spreading and…Walt Whitman: Europe [The 72d and 73d Years of These States]
Europe [The 72d and 73d Years of These States]Suddenly out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves, Like lightning it le'pt forth half startled at itself, Its feet upon the ashes and…Walt Whitman: When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
When I Heard the Learn'd AstronomerWhen I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add,…Walt Whitman: Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel]
Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel]Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, And the vast all that is call'd Evil I…Walt Whitman: Gliding O'er all
Gliding O'er allGliding o'er all, through all, Through Nature, Time, and Space, As a ship on the waters advancing, The voyage of the soul—not life alone, Death, many deaths I'll sing.