Walt Whitman
United States
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Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, New York, the second of nine children in a working-class family. His formal education ended around age eleven, but he continued learning through extensive reading and by working in print shops, where he picked up the mechanics of language firsthand.…
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A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN.
A NEW EDITION
A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM.
ADIEU TO A SOLDIER.
AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH.
AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO.
AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS.
BANNER AND PENNANT.
BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!
BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE.
BOOKXXXV. GOOD-BYE MY FANCY
BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME.
CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD.
CHILD.
CITY OF SHIPS.
COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER.
DELICATE CLUSTER.
DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS.
DRUM-TAPS
EIGHTEEN SIXTY-ONE.
ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS.
FANCIES AT NAVESINK
FATHER.
FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE.
FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN.
GOD.
HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE.
I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY.
LEAVES OF GRASS
LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS.
LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA.
LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON.
NOT THE PILOT.
NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME.
O TAN-FACED PRAIRIE-BOY.
of G.’s Purport
OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE.
POET.
RACE OF VETERANS.
RECONCILIATION.
RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS.
SATAN.
SAVIOUR.
SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK.
Songs of Parting (missives).
SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE.
THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION.
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.
THE SPIRIT.
THE WOUND-DRESSER.
TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN.
TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD.
TO WILLIAM BELL SCOTT.
TURN O LIBERTAD.
VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT.
VIRGINIA--THE WEST.
W. M. ROSSETTI.
WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE.
YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME.