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crossing of the street, or on the ship's deck, give a kiss in return; We observe that salute of American

All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured, You grew up with me, were

Only I will establish in the Mannahatta, and in every city of These States, inland and seaboard, And

Misers, menials, priests alarming—air breathing, water drinking, on the turf or the sea-beach dancing, Cities

for Oregon: Sojourning east a while longer, soon I travel toward you, to remain, to teach robust American

Through youth, and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and faithful they were

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth; I

dream'd that was the new City of Friends; Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it

led the rest; It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, And in all their looks

invisible; Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me; Fancying how happy you were

, if I could be with you, and become your comrade; Be it as if I were with you.

San Francisco. 5 I see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth; I see them welding State to State, city

to city, through North America; I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Europe; I see them in Asia

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself at ran- dom random a part of them; I am a real Parisian

Christiania or Stockholm—or in Siberian Irkutsk—or in some street in Iceland; I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I penetrate those cities myself; All islands to which birds

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

TO The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obey little; Once unquestioning

obedience, once fully enslaved; Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward

kings removed; I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) —Never were

results of the war glorious and inevitable—and they again leading to other results;) How the great cities

there—of happiness in those high plateaus, ranging three thousand miles, warm and cold; Of mighty inland cities

of the Western Sea; As I roam'd the streets of inland Chicago—whatever streets I have roam'd; Or cities

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; Of Histories—As if such, however complete

, were not less complete than the preceding poems; As if those shreds, the records of nations, could

possibly be as lasting as the preceding poems; As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of

announce adhesiveness—I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd; I say you shall yet find the friend you were

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-

I loved well those cities; I loved well the stately and rapid river; The men and women I saw were all

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

The city nested in bays! my city! The city of such women, I am mad to be with them!

And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D. WE two—how long we were fool'd!

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-

for city, and land for land.

City of Orgies. CITY of orgies, walks and joys!

Only I will establish in the Mannahatta, and in every city of These States, inland and seaboard, And

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

, if I could be with you, and become your comrade; Be it as if I were with you.

MY MORNING'S ROMANZA. 1 Now list to my morning's romanza—I tell the signs of the Answerer; To the cities

, The best farms—others toiling and planting, and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities—others

things in their attitudes; He puts to-day out of himself, with plasticity and love; He places his own city

the scaffold;) —I would sing in my copious song your census returns of The States, The tables of population

, And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city

noises of the night-owl and the wild cat, and the whirr of the rattlesnake; The mocking-bird, the American

Think of the time when you were not yet born; Think of times you stood at the side of the dying; Think

CITY OF SHIPS. CITY of ships! (O the black ships! O the fierce ships!

City of the world!

City of wharves and stores! city of tall façades of mar- ble marble and iron!

Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extrava- gant extravagant city! Spring up, O city!

(Washington City, 1865.)

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.

, The superior marine, free commerce, fisheries, whaling, gold-digging, Wharf-hemm'd cities, railroad

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

I will make cities and civilizations defer to me!

while weapons were everywhere aim'd at your breast, I saw you serenely give birth to immortal children

let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say! why might they not just as well be transposed?)

O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing; I know that

Do their lives, cities, arts, rest only with us? Did they achieve nothing for good, for themselves?

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!

sea-bird, and look down as from a height; I do not deny the precious results of peace—I see pop- ulous populous

cities, with wealth incalculable; I see numberless farms—I see the farmers working in their fields or

spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten;) Nor market nor depot are we, nor money-bank in the city

…of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill'd with the

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

TO The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obey little; Once unquestioning

obedience, once fully enslaved; Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward

kings removed; I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) —Never were

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; Of Histories—As if such, however complete

, were not less complete than the preceding poems; As if those shreds, the records of nations, could

possibly be as lasting as the preceding poems; As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of

where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother; After roaming many lands—lover of populous

pave- ments pavements ; Dweller in Mannahatta, my city—or on southern sa- vannas savannas ; Or a soldier

in my poems, that with you is heroism, upon land and sea; And I will report all heroism from an American

ideal of manly love, indicating it in me; I will therefore let flame from me the burning fires that were

the Kansas, count- less countless herds of buffalo, feeding on short curly grass; See, in my poems, cities

shall listen to all sides, and filter them from your- self yourself . 3 I have heard what the talkers were

Trippers and askers surround me; People I meet—the effect upon me of my early life, or the ward and city

All I mark as my own, you shall offset it with your own; Else it were time lost listening to me.

; The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.)

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?

FROM pent-up, aching rivers; From that of myself, without which I were nothing; From what I am determin'd

, entirely redeem'd her, the faithful one, even the prostitute, who detain'd me when I went to the city

And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?

and pause, listen, and count. 3 I knew a man, a common farmer—the father of five sons; And in them were

the fathers of sons—and in them were the fathers of sons.

and visit him to see—he was wise also; He was six feet tall, he was over eighty years old—his sons were

I am drawn by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless vapor—all falls aside but myself and it

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

or if the mois- ture moisture of the right man were lacking.

We Two—how Long We Were Fool'd. WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D. WE two—how long we were fool'd!

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-

ture architecture , customs, and traditions; Yet now, of all that city, I remember only a woman I casually

met there, who detained me for love of me; Day by day and night by night we were together,—All else

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

suggests that "this sort of moralizing . . . belongs to [Whitman's] journalizing of the 1840s through the 1860s

suggests that "this sort of moralizing . . . belongs to [Whitman's] journalizing of the 1840s through the 1860s

is written with the hanging indentation characteristic of Whitman's poetry, it is unclear if these were

contributed to this piece of journalism or not, it seems likely that it was composed in the 1850s or 1860s

is written with the hanging indentation characteristic of Whitman's poetry, it is unclear if these were

contributed to this piece of journalism or not, it seems likely that it was composed in the 1850s or 1860s

It is possible these lines were composed between 1861 and 1870, when Whitman had most reason to employ

It is possible these lines were composed between 1861 and 1870, when Whitman had most reason to employ

depart— but we remain But we do not never depart This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s

This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s.

instant, enclosing sundry papers relative to the seizure by certain parties of a piece of land in Denver City

S. to certain land in Denver City The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes

the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched together (an edited version of the 1860

McKean, Chief Justice, &c, Salt Lake City, Utah Terr.

Garden City Planing Mill Co. Chicago, Ill.

If it were an illegal exaction, as you suppose, your remedy is to sue him for the amount.

Potts, Governor, &c, Virginia City, Montana T.