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Walt Whitman's Poetry, by first line

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  • One's Self I Sing
    ONE'S-SELF I sing--a simple, separate Person;
    Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse.
    9 lines, 5 comments
  • As I Ponder'd In Silence
    As I ponder'd in silence,
    Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,
    21 lines, 1 comment
  • To A Historian
    YOU who celebrate bygones!
    Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races--the life
    11 lines
  • For Him I Sing
    FOR him I sing,
    I raise the Present on the Past,
    5 lines
  • When I Read The Book
    WHEN I read the book, the biography famous,
    And is this, then, (said I,) what the author calls a man's life?
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • Beginning My Studies
    BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much,
    The mere fact, consciousness--these forms--the power of motion,
    6 lines
  • To Thee, Old Cause!
    TO thee, old Cause!
    Thou peerless, passionate, good cause!
    17 lines
  • The Ship Starting
    LO! THE unbounded sea!
    On its breast a Ship starting, spreading all her sails--an ample
    6 lines
  • To You
    STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why
    should you not speak to me?
    4 lines
  • To The Garden The World
    TO THE garden, the world, anew ascending,
    Potent mates, daughters, sons,&nbs
    12 lines
  • Visor'd
    A MASK--a perpetual natural disguiser of herself,
    Concealing her face, concealing her form,
    4 lines
  • From Pent-up Aching Rivers
    FROM pent-up, aching rivers;
    From that of myself, without which I were&
    81 lines
  • Spontaneous Me
    SPONTANEOUS me, Nature,
    The loving day, the mounting sun, the friend I&
    76 lines, 2 comments
  • One Hour To Madness And Joy
    ONE hour to madness and joy!
    O furious! O confine me not!
    32 lines, 1 comment
  • We Two-How Long We Were Fool'd
    WE two--how long we were fool'd!
    Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as&
    25 lines, 1 comment
  • Native Moments
    NATIVE moments! when you come upon me--Ah you are here now! Give me now
    libidinous joys
    12 lines, 8 comments
  • Once I Pass'd Through A Populous City
    ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for
    future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and
    11 lines
  • Facing West From California's Shores
    FACING west, from California's shores,
    Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is
    12 lines, 3 comments
  • Ages And Ages, Returning At Intervals
    AGES and ages, returning at intervals,
    Undestroy'd, wandering immortal,
    9 lines
  • O Hymen! O Hymenee!
    O HYMEN! O hymenee!
    Why do you tantalize me thus?
    6 lines
  • As Adam, Early In The Morning
    AS Adam, early in the morning,
    Walking forth from the bower, refresh'd with sleep;
    5 lines
  • I Heard You, Solemn-sweep Pipes Of The Organ
    I HEARD you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last Sunday morn I
    pass'd the church;
    10 lines
  • I Am He That Aches With Love
    I AM he that aches with amorous love;
    Does the earth gravitate? Does not all matter, aching, attract all
    4 lines, 2 comments
  • To Him That Was Crucified
    MY spirit to yours, dear brother;
    Do not mind because many, sounding&nb
    23 lines, 7 comments
  • Perfections
    ONLY themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves,
    As Souls only understand Souls.
    0 lines
  • In Paths Untrodden
    IN paths untrodden,
    In the growth by margins of pond-waters,
    23 lines
  • Scented Herbage Of My Breast
    SCENTED herbage of my breast,
    Leaves from you I yield, I write, to
    61 lines, 1 comment
  • Whoever You Are, Holding Me Now In Hand
    WHOEVER you are, holding me now in hand,
    Without one thing, all wi
    51 lines
  • These, I, Singing In Spring
    THESE, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers,
    (For who but I sh
    40 lines
  • A Song
    With the love of comrades,
    With the life-long love of comrades.
    16 lines
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