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What is this you bring my America? Is it uniform with my country?
I swear I will have each quality of my race in my- self myself , (Talk as you like, he only suits These
rapt verse, my call—mock me not!
my lands!
WEAVE IN, WEAVE IN, MY HARDY LIFE. WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life!
the still woods I loved; I will not go now on the pastures to walk; I will not strip the clothes from my
body to meet my lover the sea; I will not touch my flesh to the earth, as to other flesh, to renew me
and meat; I do not see any of it upon you to-day—or perhaps I am deceiv'd; I will run a furrow with my
I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo!
my city! The city of such women, I am mad to be with them!
Covering all my lands! all my sea-shores lining! Flag of death!
Ah my silvery beauty! ah my woolly white and crim- son crimson !
Ah to sing the song of you, my matron mighty! My sacred one, my mother.
, with bends and chutes; And my Illinois fields, and my Kansas fields, and my fields of Missouri; The
My limbs, my veins dilate; The blood of the world has fill'd me full—my theme is clear at last: —Banner
my brother or my sister! Keep on!
I walk'd the shores of my Eastern Sea, Heard over the waves the little voice, Saw the divine infant,
maintain the be- queath'd bequeath'd cause, as for all lands, And I send these words to Paris with my
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem; I whisper with my lips close to your
O I have been dilatory and dumb; I should have made my way straight to you long ago; I should have blabb'd
paint myriads of heads, but paint no head with- out without its nimbus of gold-color'd light; From my
States awhile—but I cannot tell whither or how long; Perhaps soon, some day or night while I am singing, my
Open mouth of my Soul, uttering gladness, Eyes of my Soul, seeing perfection, Natural life of me, faithfully
To prepare for sleep, for bed—to look on my rose- color'd rose-color'd flesh; To be conscious of my body
How my thoughts play subtly at the spectacles around! How the clouds pass silently overhead!
I remember I said, before my leaves sprang at all, I would raise my voice jocund and strong, with reference
AS I PONDER'D IN SILENCE. 1 AS I ponder'd in silence, Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering
then I answer'd, I too, haughty Shade, also sing war—and a longer and greater one than any, Waged in my
Bear forth to them, folded, my love —(Dear mariners!
for you I fold it here, in every leaf;) Speed on, my Book!
spread your white sails, my little bark, athwart the imperious waves!
prove this puzzle, the New World, And to define America, her athletic Democracy; Therefore I send you my
And so will some one, when I am dead and gone, write my life?
(As if any man really knew aught of my life; Why, even I myself, I often think, know little or noth-
ing nothing of my real life; Only a few hints—a few diffused, faint clues and indi- rections indirections
, I seek, for my own use, to trace out here.)
Beginning My Studies. BEGINNING MY STUDIES.
BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much, The mere fact, consciousness—these forms—the
With yet unknown results to come, for thrice a thou- sand thousand years,) These recitatives for thee—my
miner in California; Or rude in my home in Dakota's woods, my diet meat, my drink from the spring; Or
place, with my own day, here.
My comrade!
my intrepid nations! O I at any rate include you all with perfect love!
steamers steaming through my poems!
Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the wo- man woman can come the poems of man—(only thence have my
and gently turn'd over upon me, And parted my shirt from my bosom-bone, and plunged your tongue to my
My ties and ballasts leave me—I travel—I sail—my elbows rest in the sea-gaps; I skirt the sierras—my
We closed with him—the yards entangled—the can- non cannon touch'd; My captain lash'd fast with his own
Now I laugh content, for I hear the voice of my little captain, We have not struck, he composedly cries
Only three guns are in use; One is directed by the captain himself against the ene- my's enemy's main-mast
daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of their bodies, meaning and being, Curious, here behold my
cycles, in their wide sweep, having brought me again, Amorous, mature—all beautiful to me—all wondrous; My
wondrous; Existing, I peer and penetrate still, Content with the present—content with the past, By my
I were nothing; From what I am determin'd to make illustrious, even if I stand sole among men; From my
The oath of the inseparableness of two together—of the woman that loves me, and whom I love more than my
warp and from the woof; (To talk to the perfect girl who understands me, To waft to her these from my
own lips—to effuse them from my own body;) From privacy—from frequent repinings alone; From plenty of
the right person not near; From the soft sliding of hands over me, and thrusting of fingers through my
beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough, To pass among them, or touch any one, or rest my
As I see my soul reflected in nature; As I see through a mist, one with inexpressible com- pleteness
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot conceal themselves. 9 O my Body!
likes of the Soul, (and that they are the Soul;) I believe the likes of you shall stand or fall with my
instep, foot-ball, toes, toe-joints, the heel; All attitudes, all the shapeliness, all the belongings of my
It is I, you women—I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable—but I love you, I do not hurt
babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn, I shall demand perfect men and women out of my
SPONTANEOUS me, Nature, The loving day, the mounting sun, the friend I am happy with, The arm of my friend
hanging idly over my shoulder, The hill-side whiten'd with blossoms of the mountain ash, The same, late
en- circling encircling fingers—the young man all color'd, red, ashamed, angry; The souse upon me of my
chastity of paternity, to match the great chastity of maternity, The oath of procreation I have sworn—my
greed that eats me day and night with hungry gnaw, till I saturate what shall produce boys to fill my
What do my shouts amid lightnings and raging winds mean?)
(I bequeath them to you, my children, I tell them to you, for reasons, O bridegroom and bride.)
To rise thither with my inebriate Soul! To be lost, if it must be so!
afterwards lose you. 2 (Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe; Return in peace to the ocean, my
love; I too am part of that ocean, my love—we are not so much separated; Behold the great rondure—the
space—Know you, I salute the air, the ocean, and the land, Every day, at sundown, for your dear sake, my
Give me the drench of my passions! Give me life coarse and rank!
with the dancers, and drink with the drinkers; The echoes ring with our indecent calls; I take for my
love some prostitute—I pick out some low person for my dearest friend, He shall be lawless, rude, illiterate—he
one condemn'd by others for deeds done; I will play a part no longer—Why should I exile myself from my
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-
Since my dispatch of last night, I have seen the President, who directs me to say to you that your immediate
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
In my opinion, the appointment of such an officer is desirable for many considerations.
Since my connection with the Department of Justice, I have had occasion to observe that a large proportion
in the views expressed by you to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and have the honor to add my
Sir: Upon my return, after an absence of several weeks, I find your letter of the 14th ultimo.
Attorneys during your Congressional term; and for that reason, and no other, I raised the question in my
Sir: A note from the clerk of your Committee, dated yesterday, requests my opinion as to the necessity
no new facts having been presented to me, I do not feel at liberty to interfere with the action of my
if the statistics of crime, &c., are forwarded by the 15th instant, they will reach me in time for my
Please accept my thanks for crime statistics S. C. your courtesy and attention in this matter.
Sir: On account of my absence from Washington, yours of the 27th of December has not received an earlier
In reply I have to say that I do not feel at liberty to permit the use of my official title for the purpose
Sir: According to your request, I send to you my reply to the application trans letter of Judge Bowers
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith my accounts as Disbursing Clerk for the Department of Justice
Senate Sir: I learn from some gentlemen who have spoken to you upon the subject that you desire my view
Virginia, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Rothschilds, of the 17th of May, 1867, in my
subject of the case of the Rothschilds against The United States in the Court of Claims, brought to my
Will you read my letter which I enclose to you, and if you can identify the individual to whom it should
the Acting Secretary of State, which at his request was returned to him, and it is not therefore in my
Be pleased to accept my thanks for your courtesy and attention in this matter, although I regret to say
that the statistics reached me the day after my report was submitted to Congress, and was therefore
years past and returned to York State a few weeks ago think of staying here for a time to take care of my
I have lost track of nearly all my old chums if I was able to travil travel I would like to see some
of flower seeds if so I will send you the money to pay for them and your trouble I will have to draw my
letter to a close for fear of wearing your patients patience to read it Please except accept my love
Wells send the account to you, with my recommendation that it be paid. Very respectfully, &c A. T.
1871 febuary February 9 My dear walt Walt i write a few lines to say i received your letter yesterday
Hudson River horror is awful in the extreme it is enoughf enough to make one shudder) i am better of my
cold but are quite lame it seems as if the pain and lameness is all settled in my left knee i can walk
but yesterday i was quite bad but i think it will be better in a day or two i have had a weakness in my
right hand and wrist you can see by my writing it looks some like yours when your thumb was so bad how
"Well, my dear," said Mr. Calhoun, "I have noticed a change in the light since we came."
I regret that they were received too late for my Annual Report, which the law requires to be made in
Sir: On account of my absence from Washington at the time, your letter of Sept. 21st last, was not immediately