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A Song for Occupations

Below are all known versions of this work, organized by the section in which they appear on the Archive

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Section: Published Writings

Leaves of Grass (1855)

Leaves of Grass, "Come Closer to Me,"

Leaves of Grass (1856)

Poem of the Daily Work of the Workmen and Workwomen of These States.

Leaves of Grass (1860–1861)

Cluster: Chants Democratic and Native American. (1860)

Chants Democratic

Leaves of Grass (1867)

To Workingmen

Leaves of Grass (1871)

Carol of Occupations.

Leaves of Grass (1881–1882)

A Song for Occupations.

Leaves of Grass (1891–1892)

A Song for Occupations.

Section: Literary Manuscripts

Living Pictures

you know how

content to the ground

The most perfect wonders of

And to me each minute

Living Pictures

you know how

Talbot Wilson

Talbot Wilson

The Great Laws do not treasure chips

I know as well as

[Fa]bles, traditions, and

My Spirit sped back to

I see who you are

Asia

Priests!

The power by which the

The crowds naked in the

Do you know what music

Poem—a perfect school

Do I not prove myself

I know as well as

Sculpture

[Fa]bles, traditions

My Spirit sped back to

I see who you are

The Great Laws do not

Asia

Priests

The genuine miracles of Christ

The power by which the

The most perfect wonders of

The crowds naked in the

And to me each minute

I cannot guess what the

Do you know what music

Poem—a perfect school

Do I not prove myself

You there

The regular old followers

The regular old followers

I know a rich capitalist

women

I know a rich capitalist

A cluster of poems

women

[George Walker]

[Iron works]

I cannot guess what the

Iron works

Section: Commentary

Review of Leaves of Grass (1855)

Review of Leaves of Grass (1855)

Review of Poems by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

The Poetry of the Period

Walt Whitman's Poems

Whitman, Poet and Seer

"Leaves of Grass"

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