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    ONE'S-SELF I SING 
    AS I PONDER'D IN SILENCE 
    IN CABIN'D SHIPS AT SEA 
    TO FOREIGN LANDS 
    TO A HISTORIAN 
    TO THEE OLD CAUSE 
    EIDOLONS 
    FOR HIM I SING 
    WHEN I READ THE BOOK 
    BEGINNING MY STUDIES 
    BEGINNERS 
    TO THE STATES 
    ON JOURNEYS THROUGH THE STATES 
    TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE  
    ME IMPERTURBE 
    SAVANTISM 
    THE SHIP STARTING 
    I HEAR AMERICA SINGING 
    WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED ? 
    STILL THROUGH THE ONE I SING 
    SHUT NOT YOUR DOORS 
    POETS TO COME 
    TO YOU 
    THOU READER 
     
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STARTING FROM PAUMANOK     
SONG OF MYSELF         
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CHILDREN OF ADAM.
    TO THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD      
    FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS      
    I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC   
    A WOMAN WAITS FOR ME    
    SPONTANEOUS ME           
    ONE HOUR TO MADNESS AND JOY            
    OUT OF THE ROLLING OCEAN THE CROWD       
    AGES AND AGES RETURNING AT INTERVALS      
    WE TWO, HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D     
    O HYMEN ! O HYMENEE !  
    I AM HE THAT ACHES WITH LOVE  
    NATIVE MOMENTS  
    ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY  
    I HEARD YOU SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN  
    FACING WEST FROM CALIFORNIA'S SHORES  
    AS ADAM EARLY IN THE MORNING 
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    IN PATHS UNTRODDEN 
    SCENTED HERBAGE OF MY BREAST 
    WHOEVER YOU ARE HOLDING ME NOW IN HAND 
    FOR YOU O DEMOCRACY 
    THESE I SINGING IN SPRING 
    NOT HEAVEN FROM MY RIBB'D BREAST ONLY 
    OF THE TERRIBLE DOUBT OF APPEARANCES 
    THE BASE OF ALL METAPHYSICS 
    RECORDERS AGES HENCE 
    WHEN I HEARD AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY 
    ARE YOU THE NEW PERSON DRAWN TOWARD ME ? 
    ROOTS AND LEAVES THEMSELVES ALONE 
    NOT HEAT FLAMES UP AND CONSUMES 
    TRICKLE DROPS 
    CITY OF ORGIES 
    BEHOLD THIS SWARTHY FACE 
    I SAW IN LOUISIANA A LIVE-OAK GROWING 
    TO A STRANGER 
    THIS MOMENT YEARNING AND THOUGHTFUL 
    I HEAR IT WAS CHARGED AGAINST ME 
    THE PRAIRIE-GRASS DIVIDING 
    WHEN I PERUSE THE CONQUER'D FAME 
    WE TWO BOYS TOGETHER CLINGING 
    A PROMISE TO CALIFORNIA 
    HERE THE FRAILEST LEAVES OF ME 
    NO LABOR-SAVING MACHINE 
    A GLIMPSE 
    A LEAF FOR HAND IN HAND 
    EARTH MY LIKENESS 
    I DREAM'D IN A DREAM 
    WHAT THINK YOU I TAKE MY PEN IN HAND? 
    TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST 
    SOMETIMES WITH ONE I LOVE 
    TO A WESTERN BOY 
    FAST-ANCHOR'D ETERNAL O LOVE 
    AMONG THE MULTITUDE 
    O YOU WHOM I OFTEN AND SILENTLY COME 
    THAT SHADOW MY LIKENESS 
    FULL OF LIFE NOW 
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SALUT AU MONDE ! 
SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 
CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY 
SONG OF THE ANSWERER 
OUR OLD FEUILLAGE 
A SONG OF JOYS 
SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE 
SONG OF THE EXPOSITION 
SONG OF THE REDWOOD-TREE 
A SONG FOR OCCUPATIONS 
A SONG OF THE ROLLING EARTH 
YOUTH, DAY, OLD AGE, AND NIGHT 
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BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 
    SONG OF THE UNIVERSAL 
    PIONEERS! O PIONEERS ! 
    TO YOU 
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    FRANCE THE 18TH YEAR OF THESE STATES 
    MYSELF AND MINE 
    YEAR OF METEORS (1859-60) 
    WITH ANTECEDENTS 
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SEA-DRIFT. 
    OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING 
    AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE 
    TEARS 
    TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD 
    ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM 
    ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT 
    THE WORLD BELOW THE BRINE 
    ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE 
    SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS 
    PATROLING BARNEGAT 
    AFTER THE SEA-SHIP 
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BY THE ROADSIDE.
    A BOSTON BALLAD -- 1854 
    EUROPE THE 72D AND 73D YEARS OF THESE STATES 
    A HAND-MIRROR 
    GODS 
    GERMS 
    THOUGHTS 
    WHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMER 
    PERFECTIONS 
    O ME ! O LIFE ! 
    TO A PRESIDENT 
    I SIT AND LOOK OUT 
    TO RICH GIVERS  
    THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES 
    ROAMING IN THOUGHT 
    A FARM PICTURE 
    A CHILD'S AMAZE 
    THE RUNNER 
    BEAUTIFUL WOMEN 
    MOTHER AND BABE 
    THOUGHT 
    VISOR'D 
    THOUGHT 
    GLIDING O'ER ALL 
    HAST NEVER COME TO THEE AN HOUR 
    THOUGHT 
    TO OLD AGE 
    LOCATIONS AND TIMES 
    OFFERINGS 
    TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH, OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD 
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DRUM-TAPS.
    FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE 
    EIGHTEEEN SIXTY-ONE 
    BEAT ! BEAT ! DRUMS ! 
    FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD 
    SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK 
    RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS  
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    VIRGINIA--THE WEST 
    CITY OF SHIPS 
    THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY 
    CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD 
    BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE 
    AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH 
    BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME 
    COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER 
    VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT 
    A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST 
    A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM 
    AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS 
    NOT THE PILOT 
    YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME 
    THE WOUND-DRESSER 
    LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA 
    GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN 
    DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS 
    OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE 
    I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY 
    THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION 
    ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLORS 
    NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME 
    RACE OF VETERANS 
    WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE 
    O TAN-FACED PRAIRIE-BOY 
    LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON 
    RECONCILIATION 
    HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE 
    AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO 
    DELICATE CLUSTER  
    TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN 
    LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS 
    SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE 
    ADIEU TO A SOLDIER 
    TURN O LIBERTAD 
    TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD 
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MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
    WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM'D 
    O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN 
    HUSH'D BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY 
    THIS DUST WAS ONCE THE MAN 
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AUTUMN RIVULETS.
    AS CONSEQUENT 
    THE RETURN OF THE HEROES 
    THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH 
    OLD IRELAND 
    THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE 
    THIS COMPOST 
    TO A FOIL'D EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONAIRE 
    UNNAMED LANDS 
    SONG OF PRUDENCE 
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    THE SINGER IN THE PRISON 
    WARBLE FOR LILAC-TREE  
    OUTLINES FOR A TOMB 
    OUT FROM BEHIND THE MASK 
    VOCALISM 
    TO HIM WHO WAS CRUCIFIED 
    YOU FELONS ON TRIAL IN COURTS 
    LAWS FOR CREATIONS 
    TO A COMMON PROSTITUTE 
    I WAS LOOKING A LONG WHILE 
    THOUGHT 
    MIRACLES 
    SPARKLES FROM THE WHEEL 
    TO A PUPIL 
    UNFOLDED OUT OF THE FOLDS 
    WHAT AM I AFTER ALL 
    KOSMOS 
    OTHERS MAY PRAISE WHAT THEY LIKE 
    WHO LEARNS MY LESSON COMPLETE 
    TESTS 
    THE TORCH 
    O STAR OF FRANCE (1870-71) 
    THE OX-TAMER 
    AN OLD MAN'S THOUGHT OF SCHOOL  
    WANDERING AT MORN 
    ITALIAN MUSIC IN DAKOTA 
    WITH ALL THY GIFTS 
    MY PICTURE-GALLERY 
    THE PRAIRIE STATES 
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PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM 
PASSAGE TO INDIA 
PRAYER OF COLUMBUS 
THE SLEEPERS 
TRANSPOSITIONS 
TO THINK OF TIME 
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WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH.
    DAREST THOU NOW O SOUL 
    WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH 
    CHANTING THE SQUARE DEIFIC 
    OF HIM I LOVE DAY AND NIGHT 
    YET, YET, YE DOWNCAST HOURS 
    AS IF A PHANTOM CARESS'D ME 
    ASSURANCES 
    QUICKSAND YEARS 
    THAT MUSIC ALWAYS ROUND ME 
    WHAT SHIP PUZZLED AT SEA 
    A NOISELESS PATIENT SPIDER 
    O LIVING ALWAYS , ALWAYS DYING 
    TO ONE SHORTLY TO DIE 
    NIGHT ON THE PRAIRIES 
    THOUGHT 
    THE LAST INVOCATION 
    AS I WATCH'D THE PLOUGHMAN PLOUGHING 
    PENSIVE AND FALTERING 
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THOU MOTHER WITH THY EQUAL BROOD 
A PAUMANOK PICTURE 
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FROM NOON TO STARRY NIGHT.
    THOU ORB ALOFT FULL-DAZZLING
    FACES
    THE MYSTIC TRUMPETER
    TO A LOCOMOTIVE IN WINTER
    O MAGNET-SOUTH
    MANNAHATTA
    ALL IS TRUTH
    A RIDDLE SONG 
    EXCELSIOR 
    AH POVERTIES, WINCINGS, AND SULKY RETREATS
    THOUGHTS
    MEDIUMS
    WEAVE IN, MY HARDY LIFE
    SPAIN, 1873-74 
    BY BROAD POTOMAC'S SHORE
    FROM FAR DAKOTA'S CANONS (JUNE 25, 1876)
    OLD WAR-DREAMS
    THICK-SPRINKLED BUNTING
    WHAT BEST I SEE IN THEE
    SPIRIT THAT FORM'D THIS SCENE
    AS I WALK THESE BROAD MAJESTIC DAYS
    A CLEAR MIDNIGHT
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SONGS OF PARTING.
    AS THE TIME DRAWS NIGH
    YEARS OF THE MODERN
    ASHES OF SOLDIERS
    THOUGHTS
    SONG AT SUNSET
    AS AT THY PORTALS ALSO DEATH
    MY LEGACY
    PENSIVE ON HER DEAD GAZING
    CAMPS OF GREEN
    THE SOBBING OF THE BELLS
    AS THEY DRAW TO A CLOSE
    JOY, SHIPMATE, JOY
    THE UNTOLD WANT
    PORTALS
    THESE CAROLS
    NOW FINALE TO THE SHORE
    SO LONG !
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