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Leaves of Grass (1891-92) Inscriptions. 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. Eidólons.
Apr 5, 2024 · Last Updated: Apr 5, 2024 • Article History. Leaves of Grass, collection of poetry by American author Walt Whitman, first presented as a group of 12 poems published anonymously in 1855. It was followed by five revised and three reissued editions during the author’s lifetime.
- Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley
- 1855
By some fortunate conversion of mysticism, talent, and singular vision of humanity, in 1855, Walt Whitman published his first edition of Leaves of Grass, a slim volume consisting of twelve untitled poems and a preface. He designed the cover, and typeset and paid for the printing of the book himself.
Leaves of Grass (1855) "I Celebrate Myself," "Come Closer to Me," "To Think of Time . . . . To Think Through" "I Wander All Night in My Vision," "The Bodies of Men and Women Engirth" "Sauntering the Pavement or Riding the Country" "A Young Man Came to Me With" "Suddenly Out of Its Stale and Drowsy" "Clear the Way There Jonathan!"
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass [1] until his death in 1892.
- Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley
- 1855
Oct 10, 2020 · LEAVES OF GRASS By Walt Whitman Come, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, long hence, in other spheres, There to some group of mates the chants resuming, (Tallying Earth’s soil, trees, winds, tumultuous waves,) Ever with pleas’d smile I may keep on, Ever and ever yet the verses owning—as, first, I here and now ...
Leaves of Grass (1856) Poem of Walt Whitman, an American. Poem of Women. Poem of Salutation. Poem of the Daily Work of the Workmen and Workwomen of These States. Broad-Axe Poem. Poem of a Few Greatnesses. Poem of the Body. Poem of Many in One.
