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Walt Whitman US (1819 - 1892) Timeline Secular or Eclectic : Transcendentalist Poems by Walt Whitman Books - Links |
Poems by Walt Whitman
- A noiseless patient spider
- Grand is the Seen
- I think I could turn and live with animals
- O Captain! my Captain!
- O Me! O life!
- Pioneers! O Pioneers!
- [1] I celebrate myself, and sing myself (from Song of Myself)
- [2] Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are crowded with perfumes (from Song of Myself)
- [3] I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end (from Song of Myself)
- [4] Trippers and askers surround me (from Song of Myself)
- [5] I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you (from Song of Myself)
- [6] A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands (from Song of Myself)
- [7] Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? (from Song of Myself)
- [8] The little one sleeps in its cradle (from Song of Myself)
- [9] The big doors of the country barn stand open and ready (from Song of Myself)
- [10] Alone far in the wilds and mountains I hunt (from Song of Myself)
- [17] These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me (from Song of Myself)
- [18] With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums (from Song of Myself)
- [20] Who goes there? hankering, gross, mystical, nude (from Song of Myself)
- [24] Walt Whitman, a cosmos, of Manhattan the son (from Song of Myself)
- [44] It is time to explain myself -- let us stand up (from Song of Myself)
Recommended Books: Walt Whitman
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The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology) | The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse | Song of Myself | Leaves of Grass | Dead Poets Society (DVD) |
Related Links
The Walt Whitman Archive
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/
Every fan of Whitman should visit this site. Biography, images, manuscripts, even has images of Whitman's poems in his own handwriting.
Reminiscences of Walt Whitman by John Townsend Trowbridge
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/whitman/walt.htm
Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1902, this article is a personal description of encounters with the "great grey poet."
Walt Whitman: Long Island's Great Grey Poet
http://www.liglobal.com/walt/default2.shtml
A site that promotes Long Island (Whitman's birthplace), with nice photos and a virtual walking tour of the places associated with his family and youth.
Bartleby: Leaves of Grass
http://www.bartleby.com/142/
Leaves of Grass on line.