Preface xxix
The Age of Realism 1
WALT WHITMAN 9
(1819-1892)
Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass 11
FROM Inscriptions
One's-Self I Sing 26
When I read the book 26
Song of Myself 26
FROM Children of Adam
From pent-up aching rivers 73
Out of the rolling ocean the crows 75
Once I pass'd through a populous city 76
Facing west from California's shores 76
FROM Calamus
In paths untrodden 76
Scented herbage of my breast 77
For You O Democracy 78
I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing 79
I hear it was charged against me 79
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 80
FROM Sea-Drift
Out of the cradle endlessly rocking 84
As I ebb'd with the ocean of life 89
FROM By the Roadside
When I heard the learn'd astronomer 91
The Dalliance of the Eagles 92
FROM Drum-Taps
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Cavalry Crossing a Ford 93
Bivouac on a Mountain Side 93
Vigil strange I kept on the field one night 94