This article lists the complete poetic bibliography of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), predominantly consisting of his poetry collection Leaves of Grass,[1] in addition to periodical pieces that were never published in the aforementioned volume.[2]
| Title | Index of First Line | Class | Date Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Going Somewhere" | " My science-friend, my noblest woman-friend," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| "The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete" | " The devilish and the dark, the dying and diseas’d," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| A Boston Ballad [1854] | " To get betimes in Boston town I rose this morning early," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1855 |
| A Broadway Pageant | " Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVIII.); The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine | " A carol closing sixty-nine—a resume—a repetition," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| A Child's Amaze | " Silent and amazed even when a little boy," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| A Christmas Greeting | " Welcome, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| A Clear Midnight | " This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | 1881 |
| A Farm Picture | " Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1865 |
| A Font of Type | " This latent mine—these unlaunch’d voices—passionate powers," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| A Glimpse | " A glimpse through an interstice caught," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| A Hand-Mirror | " Hold it up sternly—see this it sends back, (who is it? is it you?)" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1860 |
| A Leaf for Hand in Hand | " A leaf for hand in hand;" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown | " A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 |
| A Noiseless Patient Spider | " A noiseless patient spider," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1871 |
| A Paumanok Picture | " Two boats with nets lying off the sea-beach, quite still," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.) | |
| A Persian Lesson | " For his o’erarching and last lesson the greybeard sufi," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| A Prairie Sunset | " Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| A Promise to California | " A promise to California," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| A Riddle Song | " That which eludes this verse and any verse," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim | " A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ; | 1865 |
| A Song for Occupations | " A song for occupations!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XV.) | 1855 |
| A Song of Joys | " O to make the most jubilant song!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XI.) | |
| A Song of the Rolling Earth | " A song of the rolling earth, and of words according," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.) | 1856 |
| A Twilight Song | " As I sit in twilight late alone by the flickering oak-flame,: | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| A Voice from Death | " A voice from Death, solemn and strange, in all his sweep and power," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| A Woman Waits for Me | " A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1856 |
| Aboard at a Ship's Helm | " Aboard at a ship's helm," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Born Feb. 12, 1809 | " To-day, from each and all, a breath of prayer—a pulse of thought," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, February 12 |
| Adieu to a Soldier | " Adieu O soldier," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) ; | |
| After the Dazzle of Day | " After the Dazzle of Day" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, February 3 |
| After the Sea-Ship | " After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| After the Supper and Talk | " After the supper and talk—after the day is done," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals | " Ages and ages returning at intervals," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats | " Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold | " Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" | Periodical | 1885, February |
| All Is Truth | " O me, man of slack faith so long," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Ambition | " One day, an obscure youth, a wanderer," | Periodical | 1842, January 29 |
| America | " Centre of equal daughters, equal sons," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems | 1888, February 11 |
| Among the Multitude | " Among the men and women the multitude," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| An Army Corps on the March | " With its cloud of skirmishers in advance," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865-66 |
| An Ended Day | " The soothing sanity and blitheness of completion," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| An Evening Lull | " After a week of physical anguish," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Apostroph | " O mater! O fils!" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Apparitions | " A vague mist hanging ’round half the pages:" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me? | " Are you the new person drawn toward me?" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| As Adam Early in the Morning | " As Adam early in the morning," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 |
| As at Thy Portals Also Death | " As at thy portals also death," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| As Consequent, Etc. | " As consequent from store of summer rains," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life | " As I ebbed with an ebb of the ocean of life," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | 1860, April |
| As I Lay With My Head in Your Lap Camerado. | " As I lay with my head in your lap camerado," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865-66 |
| As I Ponder'd in Silence | " As I ponder’d in silence," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| As I Sit Writing Here | " As I sit writing here, sick and grown old," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888, May 14 |
| As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days | " As I walk these broad majestic days of peace," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night); The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| As I Watch the Ploughman Ploughing | " As I watch’d the ploughman ploughing," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| As If a Phantom Caress'd Me | " As if a phantom caress’d me," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) ; | |
| AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors | " AS one by one withdraw the lofty actors" | Periodical | 1885, May 16 |
| As the Greek's Signal Flame | " As the Greek's signal flame, by antique records told" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1887, December 15 |
| As the Time Draws Nigh | " As the time draws nigh glooming a cloud," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| As They Draw to a Close | " As they draw to a close," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods | " As toilsome I wander’d Virginia's woods," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Ashes of Soldiers | " Ashes of soldiers South or North," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting); The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |
| Assurances | " I need no assurances, I am a man who is preoccupied of his own soul;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Bathed in War's Perfume | " BATHED in war's perfume—delicate flag!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Beat! Beat! Drums! | " Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1861, September 24 |
| Beautiful Women | " Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Beginners | " How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,)" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Beginning My Studies | " Beginning my studies the first step pleas’d me so much," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Behavior | " BEHAVIOR--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Behold This Swarthy Face | " Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| Bivouac on a Mountain Side | " I see before me now a traveling army halting," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Bravo, Paris Exposition! | " Add to your show, before you close it, France," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Broadway | " What hurrying human tides, or day or night!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | 1888 |
| Brother of All, with Generous Hand | " BROTHER of all, with generous hand," | Leaves of Grass | |
| By Blue Ontario's Shore | " By blue Ontario's shore," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| By Broad Potomac's Shore | " By broad Potomac's shore, again old tongue," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame | " By the bivouac's fitful flame," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Camps of Green | " Nor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| Cavalry Crossing a Ford | " A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Chanting the Square Deific | " Chanting the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the sides," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1865-6 |
| City of Orgies | " City of orgies, walks and joys," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| City of Ships | " City of ships!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Come Up from the Fields Father | " Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 |
| Continuities | " Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Crossing Brooklyn Ferry | " Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!" | Leaves of Grass (Book VIII.) | 1856 |
| Darest Thou Now O Soul | " Darest thou now O soul," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Death of General Grant | " As one by one withdraw the lofty actors," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Debris | " HE is wisest who has the most caution," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Delicate Cluster | " Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps); The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Dirge for Two Veterans | " The last sunbeam" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Earth, My Likeness | " Earth, my likeness," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Eidolons | " I met a seer" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Eighteen Sixty-One | " Arm’d year—year of the struggle," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Election Day, November, 1884 | " If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Ethiopia Saluting the Colors | " Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1871 |
| Europe [The 72d and 73d Years of These States] | " Suddenly out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1855 |
| Excelsior | " Who has gone farthest? for I would go farther," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Faces | " Sauntering the pavement or riding the country by-road, faces!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| Facing West from California's Shores | " Facing west from California's shores," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 |
| Fanices at Navesink | " Steaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Fast Anchor'd Eternal O Love! | " Fast-anchor’d eternal O love! O woman I love!" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| First O Songs for a Prelude | " First O songs for a prelude," | The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| For Him I Sing | " For him I sing," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| For You, O Democracy | " Come, I will make the continent indissoluble," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | 1860 |
| France [the 18th Year of these States | " A great year and place" | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | |
| From Far Dakota's Canyons [June 25, 1876] | " From far Dakota's canyons," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| From Montauk Point | " I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| From My Last Years | " FROM my last years, last thoughts I here bequeath," | Leaves of Grass | |
| From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a Bird | " From Paumanok starting I fly like a bird," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| From Pent-Up Aching Rivers | " From pent-up aching rivers," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 |
| Full of Life Now | " Full of life now, compact, visible," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Germs | " Forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun | " Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | 1865 |
| Gliding O'er all | " Gliding o’er all, through all," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Gods | " Lover divine and perfect Comrade," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1871 |
| Good-Bye My Fancy | " Good-bye my fancy—(I had a word to say," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Good-Bye My Fancy! | " Good-bye my Fancy!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | 1891 |
| Grand Is the Seen | " Grand is the seen, the light, to me—grand are the sky and stars," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Great are the Myths | " GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Halcyon Days | " Not from successful love alone," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour | " Hast never come to thee an hour," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Here the Frailest Leaves of Me | " Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Hours Continuing Long | " HOURS continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted," | Leaves of Grass (Book V: Calamus) | |
| How Solemn As One by One [Washington City, 1865] | " How solemn as one by one," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |
| Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day [May 4, 1865] | " Hush’d be the camps to-day," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |
| I Am He That Aches with Love | " I am he that aches with amorous love;" | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| I Dream'd in a Dream | " I dream’d in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| I Hear America Singing | " I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | 1860 |
| I Hear It Was Charged Against Me | " I hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ | " I heard you solemn-sweet pipes of the organ as last Sunday morn I" | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1865-6 |
| I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing | " I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| I Saw Old General at Bay | " I saw old General at bay," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| I Sing the Body Electric | " I sing the body electric," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1855 |
| I Sit and Look Out | " I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| I Was Looking a Long While | " I was looking a long while for Intentions," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| In Cabin'd Ships at Sea | " In cabin’d ships at sea," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| In Former Songs | "I N former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful" | Leaves of Grass | |
| In Paths Untrodden | " In paths untrodden," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| In the New Garden in all the Parts | " IN the new garden, in all the parts," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Interpolation Sounds | " Over and through the burial chant," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Joy, Shipmate, Joy! | " Joy, shipmate, Joy!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | 1871 |
| Kosmos | " Who includes diversity and is Nature," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| L. of G.'s Purport | " Not to exclude or demarcate, or pick out evils from their formidable" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Laws for Creations | " Laws for creations," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1860 |
| Lessons | " THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Life | " Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Life and Death | " The two old, simple problems ever intertwined," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Lingering Last Drops | " And whence and why come you?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Lo, Victress on the Peaks | " Lo, Victress on the peaks,: | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Locations and Times | " Locations and times—what is it in me that meets them all, whenever" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Long I Thought that Knowledge | " LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me—O if I could but obtain knowledge!" | Leaves of Grass | 1860 |
| Long, Long Hence | " After a long, long course, hundreds of years, denials," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Long, Too Long America | " Long, too long America," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Look Down Fair Moon | " Look down fair moon and bathe this scene," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Mannahatta | " I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Mannahatta | " My city's fit and noble name resumed," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Me Imperturbe | " Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | 1860 |
| Mediums | " They shall arise in the States," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Memories | " How sweet the silent backward tracings!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Miracles | " Why, who makes much of a miracle?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Mirages | " More experiences and sights, stranger, than you'd think for;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Mother and Babe | " I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| MY 71st Year | " After surmounting three-score and ten," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| My Canary Bird | " Did we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| My Legacy | " The business man the acquirer vast,
" |
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| My Picture-Gallery | " In a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix’d house," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1870, January |
| Myself and Mine | " Myself and mine gymnastic ever," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | |
| Native Moments | " Native moments—when you come upon me—ah you are here now," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 |
| Night on the Prairies | " Night on the prairies," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| No Labor-Saving Machine | " No labor-saving machine," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes | " Not heat flames up and consumes," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Not Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast Only | " Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone | " Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me | " NOT my enemies ever invade me—no harm to my pride from" | Leaves of Grass | 1855 |
| Not the Pilot | " Not the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Not Youth Pertains to Me | " Not youth pertains to me," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Now Finale to the Shore | " Now finale to the shore," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | 1860 |
| Now Precedent Songs, Farewell | " Now precedent songs, farewell—by every name farewell," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! | " O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig!' | Leaves of Grass | |
| O Captain! My Captain! | " O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | 1865-6 |
| O Hymen! O Hymenee! | " O hymen! O hymenee! why do you tantalize me thus?" | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| O Living Always, Always Dying | " O living always, always dying!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| O Magnet-South | " O magnet-south! O glistening perfumed South! my South!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | 1860 |
| O Me! O Life! | " O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| O Star of France [1870-71] | " O star of France," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| O Sun of Real Peace | " O SUN of real peace! O hastening light!" | Leaves of Grass | |
| O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy | " O tan-faced prairie-boy," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| O You Whom I Often and Silently Come | " O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Of Him I Love Day and Night | " Of him I love day and night I dream’d I heard he was dead," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Of That Blithe Throat of Thine | " Of that blithe throat of thine from arctic bleak and blank," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances | " Of the terrible doubt of appearances," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Of the Visage of Things | " Of the visages of things - And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Offerings | " A thousand perfect men and women appear," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Old Age's Lambent Peaks | " The touch of flame—the illuminating fire—the loftiest look at last," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death's | " From east and west across the horizon's edge," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Old Chants | " An ancient song, reciting, ending," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Old Ireland | " Far hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Old Salt Kossabone | " Far back, related on my mother's side," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Old War-Dreams | " In midnight sleep of many a face of anguish," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865-6 |
| On Journeys Through the States | " On journeys through the States we start," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| On the Beach at Night | " On the beach at night," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | 1871 |
| On the Beach at Night Alone | " On the beach at night alone," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain! | " On, on the same, ye jocund twain!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City | " Once I pass’d through a populous city imprinting my brain for future" | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1860 |
| One Hour to Madness and Joy | " One hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me not!" | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| One Sweeps By | " ONE sweeps by, attended by an immense train," | Leaves of Grass | |
| One's-Self I Sing | " One's-self I sing, a simple separate person," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | 1867 |
| Orange Buds by Mail from Florida | " A lesser proof than old Voltaire's, yet greater," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Osceola | " When his hour for death had come," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Others May Praise What They Like | " Others may praise what they like;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1855 |
| Our Old Feuillage | " Always our old feuillage!" | Leaves of Grass (Book X.) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| Out from Behind This Mask [To Confront a Portrait] | " Out from behind this bending rough-cut mask," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Out of May's Shows Selected | " Apple orchards, the trees all cover’d with blossoms;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking | " Out of the cradle endlessly rocking," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd | " Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1865 |
| Outlines for a Tomb [G. P., Buried 1870] | " What may we chant, O thou within this tomb?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice. | " Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Passage to India | " Singing my days," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXVI.) | 1871 |
| Patroling Barnegat | " Wild, wild the storm, and the sea high running," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| Paumanok | " Sea-beauty! stretch’d and basking!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Pensive and Faltering | " Pensive and faltering," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Pensive on Her Dead Gazing | " Pensive on her dead gazing I heard the Mother of All," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |
| Perfections | " Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Pioneers! O Pioneers! | " Come my tan-faced children" | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | 1856 |
| Poem of Remembrance for a Girl or a Boy | " YOU just maturing youth! You male or female!" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Poets to Come | " Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Portals | " What are those of the known but to ascend and enter the Unknown?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| Prayer of Columbus | " A batter’d, wreck’d old man," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXVII.) | 1876 |
| Primeval my Love for the Woman I Love | " PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Proud Music of the Storm | " Proud music of the storm," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXV.) | 1871 |
| Queries to My Seventieth Year | " Approaching, nearing, curious," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Quicksand Years | " Approaching, nearing, curious," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Race of Veterans | " Race of veterans—race of victors!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Reconciliation | " Word over all, beautiful as the sky," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865-6 |
| Recorders Ages Hence | " Recorders ages hence," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Red Jacket (From Aloft) | " Upon this scene, this show," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Respondez! | " RESPONDEZ! Respondez! " | Leaves of Grass | |
| Reversals | " Let that which stood in front go behind," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIII.) | |
| Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps | " Rise O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems Epilogue | |
| Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel] | " Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone | " Roots and leaves themselves alone are these," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Sail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht! | " Heave the anchor short!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Salut au Monde! | " O take my hand Walt Whitman!" | Leaves of Grass (Book VI.) | |
| Savantism | " Thither as I look I see each result and glory retracing itself and" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Says | " I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person that is finally right: | Leaves of Grass | |
| Scented Herbage of My Breast | " Scented herbage of my breast," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher | " I doubt it not—then more, far more;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Shut Not Your Doors | " Shut not your doors to me proud libraries," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | 1865 |
| Small the Theme of My Chant | " Small the theme of my Chant, yet the greatest—namely, One's-Self—" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| So Far and So Far, and on Toward the End | " SO far, and so far, and on toward the end," | Leaves of Grass | |
| So Long! | " My city's fit and noble name resumed," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb | " SOLID, ironical, rolling orb!" | Leaves of Grass | |
| Sometimes with One I Love | " Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Song at Sunset | " Splendor of ended day floating and filling me," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| Song for All Seas, All Ships | " To-day a rude brief recitative," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| Song of Myself | " I celebrate myself, and sing myself," | Leaves of Grass (Book III.) | 1855 |
| Song of Prudence | " Manhattan's streets I saunter’d pondering," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Song of the Answerer | " Now list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer," | Leaves of Grass (Book IX.) | 1855 |
| Song of the Banner at Daybreak | " O A new song, a free song," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Song of the Broad-Axe | " Weapon shapely, naked, wan," | Leaves of Grass (Book XII.) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| Song of the Exposition | " (Ah little recks the laborer," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIII.) | 1871, September 7 |
| Song of the Open Road | " Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road," | Leaves of Grass (Book VII.) | 1856 |
| Song of the Redwood-Tree | " A California song," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIV.) | |
| Song of the Universal | " Come said the Muse," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | |
| Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here | " Soon shall the winter's foil be here;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Sounds of the Winter | " Sounds of the winter too," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| Spain, 1873–74 | " Out of the murk of heaviest clouds," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Sparkles from the Wheel | " Where the city's ceaseless crowd moves on the livelong day," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | 1871 |
| Spirit That Form’d This Scene. | " Spirit that form’d this scene," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Spirit Whose Work Is Done [Washington City, 1865] | " Spirit whose work is done—spirit of dreadful hours!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Spontaneous Me | " Spontaneous me, Nature," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | 1856 |
| Starting from Paumanok | " Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born," | Leaves of Grass (Book II.) | 1860 |
| Still Though the One I Sing | " Still though the one I sing,' | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Stronger Lessons | " Have you learn’d lessons only of those who admired you, and were" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Tears | " Tears! tears! tears!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| Tests | " All submit to them where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable to" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Thanks in Old Age | " Thanks in old age—thanks ere I go," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| That Music Always Round Me | " That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| That Shadow My Likeness | " That shadow my likeness that goes to and fro seeking a livelihood," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| The Artilleryman's Vision | " While my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| The Base of All Metaphysics | " And now gentlemen," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1871 |
| The Bravest Soldiers | " Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived through" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Calming Thought of All | " That coursing on, whate’er men's speculations," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Centenarian's Story | " Give me your hand old Revolutionary," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| The City Dead-House | " By the city dead-house by the gate," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1856 |
| The Commonplace | " The commonplace I sing;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| The Dalliance of the Eagles | " Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1881 |
| The Dead Emperor | " To-day, with bending head and eyes, thou, too, Columbia,' | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Dead Tenor | " As down the stage again," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Dismantled Ship | " In some unused lagoon, some nameless bay,' | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Dying Veteran | " Amid these days of order, ease, prosperity," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| The First Dandelion | " Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Last Invocation | " At the last, tenderly," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1871 |
| The Mystic Trumpeter | " Hark, some wild trumpeter, some strange musician," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | 1872 |
| The Ox-Tamer | " In a far-away northern county in the placid pastoral region," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1876 |
| The Pallid Wreath | " Somehow I cannot let it go yet, funeral though it is," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| The Prairie States | " A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) | |
| The Prairie-Grass Dividing | " The prairie-grass dividing, its special odor breathing," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| The Return of the Heroes | " For the lands and for these passionate days and for myself,' | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | 1855 |
| The Runner | " On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1867 |
| The Ship Starting | " Lo, the unbounded sea," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| The Singer in the Prison | " O sight of pity, shame and dole!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| The Sleepers | " I wander all night in my vision," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXVIII.) | |
| The Sobbing of the Bells [Midnight, Sept. 19-20, 1881] | " The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| The Torch | " On my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen's group" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| The Unexpress'd | " How dare one say it?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| The United States to Old World Critics | " Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| The Untold Want | " The untold want by life and land ne’er granted," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| The Voice of the Rain | " And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The Wallabout Martyrs | " Greater than memory of Achilles or Ulysses," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| The World below the Brine | " The world below the brine," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | 1860 |
| The Wound-Dresser | " An old man bending I come among new faces," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| There Was a Child Went Forth | " There was a child went forth every day," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| These Carols | " These carols sung to cheer my passage through the world I see," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) | |
| These I Singing in Spring | " These I singing in spring collect for lovers," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Thick-Sprinkled Bunting | " Thick-sprinkled bunting! flag of stars!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | |
| Think of the Soul | " THINK of the Soul;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| This Compost | " Something startles me where I thought I was safest," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1856 |
| This Day, O Soul | " THIS day, O soul, I give you a wondrous mirror;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| This Dust Was Once the Man | " This dust was once the man," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) | 1855 |
| This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful | " This moment yearning and thoughtful sitting alone," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood | " Thou Mother with thy equal brood," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXI.) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling | " Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | 1855 |
| Thou Reader | " Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| Thought | " OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the
resume" |
Leaves of Grass | |
| Thought | " Of Equality—as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Thought | " Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Thought | " Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | 1860 |
| Thought | " Of persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Thought | " As I sit with others at a great feast, suddenly while the music is playing," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Thoughts | " Of ownership—as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Thoughts | " Of public opinion," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | |
| Thoughts | " Of these years I sing," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| To a Certain Cantatrice | " Here, take this gift," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| To a Certain Civilian | " Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 |
| To a Common Prostitute | " Be composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| To a Foil'd European Revolutionaire | " Courage yet, my brother or my sister!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| To a Historian | " You who celebrate bygones," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| To a Locomotive in Winter | " Thee for my recitative," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) | 1876 |
| To a President | " All you are doing and saying is to America dangled mirages," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| To a Pupil | " Is reform needed? is it through you?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1856 |
| To a Stranger | " Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| To a Western Boy | " Many things to absorb I teach to help you become eleve of mine;" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| To Foreign Lands | " I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| To Get the Final Lilt of Songs | " To get the final lilt of songs," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| To Him That Was Crucified | " My spirit to yours dear brother," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1860 |
| To Old Age | " I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as" | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| To One Shortly to Die | " From all the rest I single out you, having a message for you," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| To Rich Givers | " What you give me I cheerfully accept," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| To the East and to the West | " To the East and to the West," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| To the Garden of the World | " To the garden the world anew ascending," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| To the Leaven'd Soil They Trod | " To the leaven’d soil they trod calling I sing for the last," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| To the Man-of-War-Bird | " Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm," | Leaves of Grass (Book XIX. Sea-Drift) | |
| To the Pending Year | " Have I no weapon-word for thee—some message brief and fierce?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| To the Reader at Parting | " NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face," | Leaves of Grass | |
| To the States | " To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| To The States [To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad] | " Why reclining, interrogating? why myself and all drowsing?' | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| To the Sun-Set Breeze | " Ah, whispering, something again, unseen," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| To Thee Old Cause | " To thee old cause!" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| To Think of Time | " To think of time—of all that retrospection," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIX.) | |
| To Those Who've Fail'd | " Vivas to those who have fail’d!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| To You | " Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | 1860 |
| To You | " Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | 1856 |
| To-Day and Thee | " The appointed winners in a long-stretch’d game;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Transpositions | " Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXVIII.) | 1855 |
| Trickle Drops | " Trickle drops! my blue veins leaving!" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| True Conquerors | " Old farmers, travelers, workmen (no matter how crippled or bent,)" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Turn O Libertad | " Turn O Libertad, for the war is over," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Twenty Years | " Down on the ancient wharf, the sand, I sit, with a new-comer chatting:" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Twilight | " The soft voluptuous opiate shades," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Two Rivulets | " TWO Rivulets side by side," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Unfolded out of the Folds | " Unfolded out of the folds of the woman man comes unfolded, and is" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Unnamed Land | " Nations ten thousand years before these States, and many times ten" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1855 |
| Unseen Buds | " Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | 1891 |
| Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night | " Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Virginia—The West | " The noble sire fallen on evil days," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | 1865 |
| Visor'd | " A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself," | Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) | |
| Vocalism | " Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | 1860 |
| Wandering at Morn | " Wandering at morn," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Warble for Lilac-Time | " Warble me now for joy of lilac-time, (returning in reminiscence,)" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Washington's Monument February, 1885 | " Ah, not this marble, dead and cold:" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| We Two Boys Together Clinging | " We two boys together clinging," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd | " We two, how long we were fool’d," | Leaves of Grass (Book IV. Children of Adam.) | |
| Weave in, My Hardy Life | " Weave in, weave in, my hardy life," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | |
| What Am I After All | " What am I after all but a child, pleas’d with the sound of my own" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| What Best I See in Thee[1] | " What best I see in thee," | The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | |
| What General has a Good Army | " WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;" | Leaves of Grass | |
| What Place Is Besieged? | " WHAT place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?" | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | |
| What Ship Puzzled at Sea | " What ship puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand? | " What think you I take my pen in hand to record?" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| What Weeping Face | " What weeping face is that looking from the window?" | Leaves of Grass | |
| When I Heard at the Close of the Day | " When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv’d" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer | " When I heard the learn’d astronomer," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1865 |
| When I Peruse the Conquer'd Fame | " When I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes and the victories of" | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | |
| When I Read the Book | " When I read the book, the biography famous," | Leaves of Grass (Book I. Inscriptions) | 1867 |
| When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd | " When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXII. Memories of President Lincoln) ; The Patriotic Poems II (Poems of After-War) | 1865-66 |
| When the Full-Grown Poet Came | " When the full-grown poet came,": | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) | |
| While Not the Past Forgetting | " While not the past forgetting," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Whispers of Heavenly Death | " Whispers of heavenly death murmur’d I hear," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | |
| Who is now Reading This? | " May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life," | Leaves of Grass | |
| Who Learns My Lesson Complete? | " Who learns my lesson complete?" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand | " Whoever you are holding me now in hand," | Leaves of Grass (Book V. Calamus) | 1860 |
| With All Thy Gifts | " With all thy gifts America," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| With Antecedents | " With antecedents," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | |
| With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea! | " With husky-haughty lips, O sea!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| World Take Good Notice | " World take good notice, silver stars fading," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) | |
| Year of Meteors [1859-60 | " Year of meteors! brooding year!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XVII. Birds of Passage) | |
| Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me | " Year that trembled and reel’d beneath me!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) | 1865 |
| Years of the Modern | " Years of the modern! years of the unperform’d!" | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) | 1865 |
| Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours | " Yet, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) | 1860 |
| Yonnondio | " A song, a poem of itself—the word itself a dirge," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| You Felons on Trial in Courts | " You felons on trial in courts," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXIV. Autumn Rivulets) | |
| You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me | " You lingering sparse leaves of me on winter-nearing boughs," | Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) | |
| Youth, Day, Old Age and Night | " Youth, large, lusty, loving—youth full of grace, force, fascination," | Leaves of Grass (Book XVI.) |
