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100 1 Whitman, Walt,|d1819-1892.
245 10 Leaves of grass /|cWalt Whitman ; with a foreword by Billy
Collins, a new introduction by Elisabeth Panttaja Brink,
and an afterword by Peter Davison.
264 1 New York, New York :|bSignet Classics,|c[2013]
300 xxxv, 485 pages ;|c18 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent.
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia.
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-469) and
index.
505 00 |tOne's-self I sing -- |tAs I ponder'd in silence -- |tIn
cabin'd ships at sea -- |tTo foreign lands -- |tTo a
historian --|tTo thee old cause -- |tEidolons -- |tFor him
I sing -- |tWhen I read the book -- |tBeginning my studies
-- |tBeginners -- |tTo the states -- |tOn journeys through
the states --|tTo a certain cantatrice -- |tMe imperturbe
-- |tSavantism -- |gThe|tShip starting -- |tI hear America
singing -- |tWhat place is besieged? -- |tStill though the
one I sing -- |tShut not your doors -- |tPoets to come --
|tTo you -- |tThou reader -- |tStarting from Paumanok --
|tSong of myself -- |tTo the garden the world -- |tFrom
pent-up aching rivers -- |tI sing the body electric -- |gA
|tWoman waits for me -- |tSpontaneous me -- |tOne hour to
madness and joy -- |tOut of the rolling ocean the crowd --
|tAges and ages returning at intervals -- |tWe two, how
long we were fool'd -- |tO hymen! O hymenee! --|tI am he
that aches with love -- |tNative moments -- |tOnce I
pass'd through a populous city -- |tI heard you solemn-
sweet pipes of the organ -- |tFacing west from
California's shores -- |tAs Adam early in the morning
505 00 |tIn paths untrodden --|tScented herbage of my breast --
|tWhoever you are holding me now in hand -- |tFor you o
democracy -- |tThese I singing in spring -- |tNot heaving
from my ribb'd breast only -- |tOf the terrible doubt of
appearances -- |gThe|tBase of all metaphysics --
|tRecorders ages hence -- |tWhen I heard at the close of
the day -- |tAre you the new person drawn toward me? --
|tRoots and leaves themselves alone -- |tNot heat flames
up and consumes -- |tTrickle drops -- |tCity of orgies --
|tBehold this swarthy face -- |tI saw in Louisiana a live-
oak growing -- |tTo a stranger -- |tThis moment yearning
and thoughtful -- |tI hear it was charged against me --
|gThe|tPrairie-grass dividing -- |tWhen I peruse the
conquer'd fame -- |tWe two boys together clinging -- |gA
|tPromise to California -- |tHere the frailest leaves of
me -- |tNo labor-saving machine -- |gA|tGlimpse -- |gA
|tLeaf for hand in hand -- |tEarth, my likeness -- |tI
dream'd in a dream -- |tWhat think you I take my pen in
hand? -- |tTo the east and to the west -- |tSometimes with
one I love -- |tTo a western boy -- |tFast anchor'd
eternal o love! -- |tAmong the multitude -- |tO you whom I
often and silently come -- |tThat shadow my likeness --
|tFull of life now -- |tSalut au monde! -- |tSong of the
open road -- |tCrossing Brooklyn ferry -- |tSong of the
answerer -- |tOur old feuillage -- |gA|tSong of joys --
|tSong of the broad-axe -- |tSong of the exposition --
|tSong of the redwood-tree -- |gA|tSong for occupations --
|gA|tSong of the rolling earth -- |tYouth, day, old age
and night
505 00 |tSong of the universal -- |tPioneers! O pioneers! -- |tTo
you -- |tFrance, the 18th year of these states -- |tMyself
and mine -- |tYear of the Meteors (1859-60) -- |tWith
antecedents -- |gA|tBroadway pageant -- |tOut of the
cradle endlessly rocking -- |tAs I ebb'd with the ocean of
life -- |tTears -- |tTo the man-of-war-bird -- |tAboard at
a ship's helm -- |tOn the beach at night -- |gThe|tWorld
below the brine -- |tOn the beach at night alone -- |tSong
for all seas, all ships -- |tPatroling Barnegat -- |tAfter
the sea-ship -- |gA|tBoston ballad (1854) -- |tEurope, the
72d and 73d years of these states -- |gA|tHand-mirror --
|tGods -- |tGerms -- |tThoughts -- |tWhen I heard the
learn'd astronomer -- |tPerfections -- |tO me! O life! --
|tTo a president -- |tI sit and look out -- |tTo rich
givers -- |gThe|tDalliance of the eagles -- |tRoaming in
thought -- |gA|tFarm picture -- |gA|tChild's amaze --
|gThe|tRunner -- |tBeautiful women -- |tMother and babe --
|tThought -- |tVisor'd -- |tThought -- |tGliding o'er all
-- |tHas never come to thee an hour -- |tThought -- |tTo
old age -- |tLocations and times -- |tOfferings -- |tTo
the states, to identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th
presidentiad
505 00 |tFirst songs for a prelude -- |tEighteen sixty-one --
|tBeat! Beat! Drums! -- |tFrom the Paumanok starting I fly
like a bird -- |tSong of the banner at daybreak -- |tRise
o days from your fathomless deeps -- |tVirginia - the west
-- |tCity of ships -- |gThe|tCentenarian's story --
|tCavalry crossing a ford -- |tBivouac on a mountain side
- |gAn|tArmy corps on the march -- |tBy the bivouac's
fitful flame -- |tCome up from the fields father --
|tVigil strange I kept on the field one night -- |gA
|tMarch in the ranks of the hard-prest -- |gA|tSight in
camp in the daybreak gray and dim -- |tAs toilsome I
wander'd Virginia's woods -- |tNot the pilot -- |tYear
that trembeled and reel'd beneath me --|gThe|tWound-
dresser -- |tLong, too long America -- |tGive me the
splendid silent sun -- |tDirge for two veterans -- |tOver
the carnage rose a prophetic voice -- |tI saw old general
at bay -- |gThe|tArtilleryman's vision -- |tEthiopia
saluting the colors -- |tNot youth pertains to me --
|tRace of veterans -- |tWorld take good notice -- |tO tan-
faced prairie-boy -- |tLook down fair moon --
|tReconciliation -- |tHow solemn as one by one -- |tAs I
lay with my head in your lap Camerado -- |tDelicate
cluster -- |tTo a certain civilian -- |tLo, victress on
the peaks -- |tSpirit whose work is done -- |tAdieu to a
soldier -- |tTurn o libertad -- |tTo the leaven'd soil
they trod
505 00 |tWhen lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd -- |tO captain!
My captain! -- |tHush'd be the camps to-day -- |tThis dust
was once the man -- |tBy blue Ontario's shore ---
|tReversals -- |tAs consequent, etc. -- |gThe|tReturn of
the heroes -- |tThere was a child went forth -- |tOld
Ireland -- |gThe|tCity dead-house -- |tThis compost --
|tTo a foil'd European revolutionaire -- |tUnnamed lands -
- |tSong of Prudence -- |gThe|tsinger in the prison --
|tWarble for lilac-time -- |tOutlines for a tomb -- |tOut
from behind this mask -- |tVocalism -- |tTo him that was
crucified -- |tYou felons on trial in court -- |tLaw for
creations -- |tTo a common prostitute -- |tI was looking
for a long while -- |tThought -- |tMiracles --|tSparkles
from the wheel -- |tTo a pupil -- |tUnfolded out of the
folds -- |tWhat am I after all -- |tKosmos -- |tOthers may
praise what they like -- |tWho learns my lesson complete?
-- |tTests -- |gThe|tTorch -- |tO star of France (1870-71)
-- |gThe|tOx-tamer -- |gAn|tOld man's thought of school --
|tWandering at morn -- |tItalian music in Dakota -- |tWith
all thy gifts -- |tMy picture-gallery -- |gThe|tPrairie
states
505 00 |tProud music of the storm -- |tPassage to India --
|tPrayer of Columbus -- |gThe|tSleepers --
|tTranspositions -- |tTo think of time --|tDarest thou now
o soul -- |tWhispers of heavenly death -- |tChanting the
square deific -- |tOf him I love day and night -- |tYet,
yet, ye downcast hours -- |tAs if a phantom caress'd me --
|tAssurances -- |tQuicksand years -- |tThat music always
round me -- |tWhat ship puzzled at sea -- |gA|tNoiseless
patient spider -- |tO living always, always dying -- |tTo
one shortly to die -- |tNight on the prairies -- |tThought
-- |gThe|tLast invocation -- |tAs I watch'd the ploughman
plowing -- |tPensive and faltering -- |tThou mother with
thy equal brood -- |gA|tPaumanok picture
505 00 |tThou orb aloft full-dazzling -- |tFaces -- |gThe|tMystic
trumpeter -- |tTo a locomotive in winter -- |tO magnet-
south -- |tMannahatta -- |tAll is truth -- |gA|tRiddle
song -- |tExcelsior -- |tAh poverties, wincings, and sulky
retreats -- |tThoughts -- |tMediums -- |tWeave in, my
hardy life -- |tSpain, 1873-74 -- |tBy broad Potomac's
shore -- |tFrom far Dakota's canons -- |tOld war-dreams --
|tThick-sprinkled bunting -- |tWhat best I see in thee --
|tSpirit that form'd this scene -- |tAs I walk these broad
majestic days -- |gA|tClear midnight
505 00 |tAs the time draws nigh -- |tYears of the modern --
|tAshes of soldiers -- |tThoughts -- |tSong at sunset --
|tAs at thy portals also death -- |tMy legacy --
|tPensive on her dead gazing -- |tCamps of green -- |gThe
|tSobbing of the bells -- |tAs they draw to a close --
|tJoy, shipmate, joy! -- |gThe|tUntold want -- |tPortals -
- |tThese carols -- |tNow finale at the shore -- |tSo
long!
505 00 |tMannahatta -- |tPaumanok -- |tFrom Montauk point -- |tTo
those who've fail'd -- |gA|tCarol closing sixty-nine --
|gThe|tBravest soldiers -- |gA|tFont of type -- |tAs I sit
writing here -- |tMy canary bird -- |tQueries to my
seventieth year -- |gThe|tWallabout martyrs -- |gThe
|tFirst dandelion -- |tAmerica -- |tMemories -- |tTo-day
and thee - |tAfter the dazzle of day -- |tAbraham Lincoln,
born Feb. 12, 1809 -- |tOut of May's shows selected --
|tHalcyon days -- |tFancis at Navesink -- |tElection day,
November, 1884 -- |tWith husky-haughty lips, o sea! --
|tDeath of General Grant -- |tRed jacket (from aloft) --
|tWashington's monument, February, 1885 -- |tOf that
blithe throat of thine -- |tBroadway -- |tTo get the final
lilt of songs -- |tOld salt Kossabone -- |gThe|tDead tenor
-- |tContinuities -- |tYonnondio -- |tLife -- |tSmall the
theme of my chant -- |tTrue conquerors -- |gThe|tUnited
States to old world critics -- |gThe|tCalming thought of
all -- |tThanks in old age -- |tLife and death -- |gThe
|tVoice of the rain -- |tSoon shall the winter's foil be
here -- |tWhile not the past forgetting -- |gThe|tDying
veteran -- |tStronger lessons -- |gA|tPrairie sunset --
|tTwenty years -- |tOrange buds by mail from Florida --
|tTwilight -- |tYou lingering sparse leaves of me -- |tNot
meagre, latent boughs alone -- |gThe|tDead emperor -- |tAs
the Greek's signal flame -- |gThe|tDismantled ship --
|tNow precedent songs, farewell -- |gAn|tEvening lull --
|tOld age's lambent peaks -- |tAfter the supper and talk
505 00 |tSail out for good, Eidolon yacht -- |tLingering last
drops -- |tGood-bye my fancy -- |tOn, on the same, ye
jocund Twain! -- |tMy 71st year -- |tApparitions -- |gThe
|tPallid wreath -- |gAn|tEnded day -- |tOld age's ship &
crafty death's -- |tTo the pending year -- |tShakspere-
Bacon's cipher -- |tLong, long hence -- |tBravo, Paris
Exposition! -- |tInterpolation sounds -- |tTo the sun-set
breeze -- |tOld chants -- |gA|tChristmas greeting --
|tSounds of the winter -- |gA|tTwilight song -- |tWhen the
full-grown poet came -- |tOsceola -- |gA|tVoice from death
-- |gA|tPersian lesson -- |gThe|tCommonplace -- |gThe
|t"Rounded catalogue divine complete" -- |tMirages -- |tL.
of G.'s purport -- |gThe|tUnexpress'd -- |tGrand is the
seen -- |tUnseen buds -- |tGood-bye my fancy!
520 Presents the major literary works of America's poet of
democracy, including "Song of Myself," "Starting from
Paumanok," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Song of the Open
Road," and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."
650 0 American poetry.
700 1 Collins, Billy,|eauthor of foreword.
700 1 Brink, Elisabeth,|d1956-|eauthor of introduction.
700 1 Davison, Peter,|d1928-|eauthor of afterword.
710 2 Myerson Collection.
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