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all—None refuse, all attend; Armies, ships, antiquities, the dead, libraries, paintings, machines, cities
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-
American masses!
RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE, 1860. 1 OVER the western sea, hither from Niphon come, Courteous the
to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?
back-top ; The faces of hunters and fishers, bulged at the brows —the shaved blanch'd faces of orthodox citi
I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long.
and phrenology; What of liberty and slavery among them—what they thought of death and the soul; Who were
O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing; I know that
I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo!
The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling waters! the city of spires and masts!
The city nested in bays! my city! The city of such women, I am mad to be with them!
hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were
THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.
O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing, I know that
suite of noble rooms, 'Mid plenteous books and journals, paintings on the walls, fine statuettes, Were
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture
What does it mean to American persons, progresses, cities?
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
what were God?)
swiftly hasten all—none refuse, all attend, Armies, ships, antiquities, libraries, paintings, machines, cities
Leaves of Grass (1860–1861) Leaves of Grass (1860–1861) a machine readable transcription Walt Whitman
to American persons, progresses, cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?
American masses!
AMERICAN mouth-songs!
ONCE I passed through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-
Chants Democratic and Native American 12 12.
refuse, all attend, Armies, ships, antiquities, the dead, libraries, paint- ings paintings , machines, cities
Cluster: Chants Democratic and Native American. (1860) CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN.
to American persons, progresses, cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?
Were those your vast and solid?
American masses!
AMERICAN mouth-songs!
swiftly hasten all—none refuse, all attend, Armies, ships, antiquities, libraries, paintings, machines, cities
Y., South District)—renew'd (1883) 14 yrs. 2d ed'n 1856, Brooklyn—renew'd (1884) 14 yrs. 3d ed'n 1860
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture
What does it mean to American persons, progresses, cities?
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were
THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.
O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing, I know that
suite of noble rooms, 'Mid plenteous books and journals, paintings on the walls, fine statuettes, Were
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
all—None refuse, all attend; Armies, ships, antiquities, the dead, libraries, paintings, machines, cities
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, Wonders as of those countries—the soil, trees, cities
all—None refuse, all attend; Armies, ships, antiquities, the dead, libraries, paintings, machines, cities
fool'd 114 Native Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Once I Pass'd through a Populous City
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-
(RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE 16, 1860.)
to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?
The leaves correspond to verses in section 12 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass.
1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves21 x 13 cm; This poem became section 21 of the cluster Leaves of Grass in the 1860