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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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Think of the Soul.

... I swear to you that body of yours gives proportions to your Soul somehow to live in other ...

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Give me the Splendid, Silent Sun.

... reckless; Some, their time up, returning, with thinn’d ranks—young, yet very old, worn, ...

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Offerings.

... Around each gathers a cluster of friends, and gay children and youths, with offerings ...

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Untold Want, The.

... THE untold want, by life and land ne’er granted, ...

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City of Ships.

... City whose gleeful tides continually rush or recede, whirling in and out, with eddies and ...

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Native Moments.

... I take for my love some prostitute—I pick out some low person for my dearest friend, ...

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To a Western Boy.

... If you be not silently selected by lovers, and do not silently select lovers, ...

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1861.

... shoulder, With well-gristled body and sunburnt face and hands—with a knife in the belt at your ...

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A Sight in Camp.

... ivory; Young man, I think I know you—I think this face of yours is the face of the Christ ...

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Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

... ) Our life is closed—our life begins ...

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O You Whom I Often and Silently Come.

... Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me ...

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As At Thy Portals Also Death.

... coffin;) To her, the ideal woman, practical, spiritual, of all of earth, life, love, to me the ...

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Cavalry Crossing a Ford.

... clank; Behold the silvery river—in it the splashing horses, loitering, stop to drink ...

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Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone.

... you; If you become the aliment and the wet, they will become flowers, fruits, tall blanches and ...

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Song for All Seas, All Ships.

... Of unnamed heroes in the ships—Of waves spreading and spreading, far as the eye can reach ...