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Born in May 31, 1819 / Died in March 26, 1892 / United States / English

Poems by Walt Whitman

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Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night

... here and then and bathed by the rising sun, my son in his grave, in his rude-dug grave I deposited, ...

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Come Up from the Fields Father

... las poor boy, he will never be better, (nor may-be needs to be better, that brave and simple soul,) ...

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To You.

... STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you ...

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As I Ponder’d in Silence.

... it said; Know’st thou not, there is but one theme for ever-enduring bards ...

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Walt Whitman.

... promenaders; The heavy omnibus, the driver with his interrogating thumb, the clank of the ...

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Song at Sunset.

... As I bathed on the beach of the Eastern Sea, and again on the beach of the Western Sea ...

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Ashes of Soldiers.

... Sweet are the blooming cheeks of the living! sweet are the musical voices sounding! ...

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When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d.

... the air; With the fresh sweet herbage under foot, and the pale green leaves of the trees prolific ...

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To Foreign Lands.

... I HEARD that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle, the New World, ...

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Adieu to a Soldier.

... Spell of all brave and manly hearts—the trains of Time through you, and like of you, ...

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In Midnight Sleep.

... Where through the carnage I moved with a callous composure—or away from the fallen, ...

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Miracles.

... Or talk by day with any one I love—or sleep in the bed at night with any one I love, ...

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All is Truth.

... blood? Meditating among liars, and retreating sternly into myself, I see that there are really no ...

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So Long.

... preparing. What is there more, that I lag and pause, and crouch extended with unshut mouth ...

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Poem of Joys.

... Or, another time, in warm weather, out in a boat, to lift the lobster-pots, where they are ...