Leaves of Grass

Garden

en the world

, daughters, s

fe of their bodies

hold my resurrect

in their wide sweep h

, all beautiful t

vering fire that ever

sons, mos

peer and pe

he present, cont

or back of me

nd I following h

t-Up Ach

nt-up ach

self without whic

in'd to make illustriou

amon

ice resonant, si

he song of

uperb children and ther

uscular urge an

ellow's song, (O r

ach the body corr

are your correlative b

e, you de

y gnaw that eats

nts, from bashful

t unfound though I hav

any a l

e song of the sou

grossest Nature

nd what goes with th

ples and lemons, of

woods, of the

of waves upon the la

tly sounding, the s

ness, the sight of

naked in the bath, or

ing and

aching, I pensive, love

or myself or you or

he index from head to fo

the madness amorous,

d still what I n

O you entire

from the rest and go utt

r, two fishes swimmin

awless

rough me careering, I

parableness of two tog

I love more than my li

ingly stake

e lost if it

is it to us what t

us? only that we enjoy

other if it

, the pilot I yie

me, commanding all, fro

e hastening, (I have loi

om the warp an

from frequent

ons near and yet the

ng of hands over me a

ugh my hai

stain'd kiss upon

ure that makes me or a

with e

husband knows, from t

ory and relief, from th

the

ems of eyes, hand

ling of the

nding curve a

de the pliant cov

ling to have me leave,

to l

O tender waite

f shining stars a

a moment I emer

divine and you chi

u stalwa

he Body

the body

se I love engirth m

e off till I go with

nd charge them full with

se who corrupt their own

the living are as bad as

does not do fully

were not the soul,

of man or woman balks a

balks

perfect, and that of

on of the face

a well-made man appear

d joints also, it is cu

s hips a

he carriage of his nec

es, dress doe

y he has strikes through

veys as much as the b

back, and the back of hi

s of babes, the bosoms

ess, their style as we

of their sha

the swimming-bath, se

reen-shine, or lies wit

o and from the h

d and backward of ro

e-man in h

ouse-keepers, in al

rers seated at noon

ttles, and thei

child, the farmer's da

cow-

sing corn, the sleigh

es through

lers, two apprentice-b

e-born, out on the vacant

rown down, the embrace

r-hold, the hair rumpled

in their own costumes

clean-setting trows

m the fire, the pause

ain, and the list

, varied attitudes, th

k and the

oosen myself, pass fre

t with the

rs, wrestle with wrest

men, and pause

ommon farmer, the f

ers of sons, and in th

derful vigor, calmne

d, the pale yellow and

urable meaning of his b

readth of h

and visit him to se

, he was over eighty y

ean, bearded, tan

ters loved him, all

by allowance, they loved

, the blood show'd li

-brown skin

ner and fisher, he sail

presented to him by

presented to him by

five sons and many gra

out as the most beautiful

and long to be with hi

oat that you and he m

that to be with tho

ny with the rest a

tiful, curious, breathing,

touch any one, or rest

er neck for a moment

more delight, I swi

n staying close to men

contact and odor of them,

the soul, but these

s the fe

exhales from it

th fierce undeni

ath as if I were no mor

ls aside but

, time, the visible an

heaven or fear'd of

vernable shoots play

ewise ung

bend of legs, negli

sed, mine t

and flow stung by the

deliciou

s of love hot and enor

ite-blow and d

e working surely and soft

to the willing

e of the clasping a

the child is born of wo

th, this the merge of

outlet

, your privilege enclo

xit of

the body, and you are

ains all qualitie

lace and moves wi

uly veil'd, she is bo

ters as well as sons, and

soul reflect

mist, One with inexpr

anity,

arms folded over the b

s the soul nor more,

qualities, he is

the known uni

ll, and appetite and d

passions, bliss that i

come him well,

e of man is calming an

, he likes it always, h

e test o

, whatever the sea an

ings at las

s he strike sound

sacred and the wom

, it is sacred-is it

aborers

l-faced immigrants jus

anywhere just as much a

much a

or her place in

is a pr

rocession with measur

yourself that you call

ave a right to a good

right t

as cohered together fro

surface, and water runs

y, and not fo

s body a

often go to the slave-

r, the sloven does not

n look on

the bidders they cannot

preparing quintillion

nimal o

ving cycles truly

ad the all-b

low it the mak

, red, black, or whit

endon a

stript that yo

s, life-lit eyes,

le, pliant backbone and

-sized arm

ers within

there r

lood! the same r

ets a heart, there a

chings, a

re not there because t

rs and lect

e man, this the fathe

hers in t

of populous states

al lives with countless e

shall come from the of

ough the

ou have come from yours

through the

's body a

herself, she is the te

hem that shall grow and

r loved the bo

er loved the

hese are exactly the sa

imes all ov

s sacred the hum

et of a man is the toke

a clean, strong, fir

than the most

l that corrupted his ow

rrupted her o

eal themselves, and ca

ot desert the likes o

r the likes of

of you are to stand or

(and that they

of you shall stand or

t they ar

ild, youth's, wife's

young man's, you

, ears, drop and t

iris of the eye, eyeb

eping of

eeth, roof of the mouth,

of the nose, an

head, chin, throat, bac

anly beard, scapula,

side-round o

lbow-socket, lower-arm

ts, hand, palm, knuckl

r-joints, f

ling hair of the breast,

ackbone, joints

hip-strength, inwar

n-balls,

ighs, well carryin

e, knee-pan, uppe

foot-ball, toes, t

e shapeliness, all the

any one's body,

he stomach-sac, the b

ts folds inside

alves, palate-valves,

t is a woman, and the ma

nipples, breast-milk, t

, love-perturbat

tion, language, whisp

digestion, sweat, sl

ng, reclining, embracing,

of the flex of the mou

sunburnt shade

one feels when feeling

eat of

s the breath, and br

st, and thence of the h

oward t

s within you or withi

rrow in

ite realizat

e parts and poems of the b

ow these ar

n Wait

me, she contains all

if sex were lacking, or

ht man we

ins all, bo

urities, delicacies,

h, pride, the maternal m

tions, bestowals, al

es, delights

judges, gods, follow'

sex as parts of itself an

like knows and avows the

e woman I like kno

miss myself from

er who waits for me, an

blooded and suf

understand me an

worthy of me, I will b

those

ot one jot l

the face by shining s

he old divine suppl

im, row, ride, wrestl

dvance, resist,

in their own right-t

possess'd o

close to me

you go, I wou

are for me, not only f

others

ou sleep greater

wake at the touch

ou women, I

, large, undissuada

u any more than is

tart sons and daughters

with slow

ffectually, I list

l I deposit what has so l

rain the pent-up

ap a thousand

rafts of the best-belo

pon you shall grow fie

sts, musicians

upon you are to bege

ect men and women out

to interpenetrate wi

ter-pene

fruits of the gushing

ruits of the gushing

oving crops from the

ity, I plant s

tane

neous me

mounting sun, the fr

riend hanging idl

en'd with blossoms

mn, the hues of red, ye

ht and da

f the grass, animals

, the primitive appl

fragments, the neglig

appen to call them t

hat we call poems be

rivacy of the night,

y and unseen that I alw

men

vow'd on purpose, where

ty lurking ma

uice, love-odor, love-y

the clim

e, lips of love, phalli

es press'd and glued

ove, life that is o

the body of the woman

the body of

irs that blow fro

t murmurs and hankers up

wer, curves upon her with

and holds himself tremu

sati

oods through t

t lying close together

down across and below

romas from crush'd sage-

he glow and pressure as

e was d

ing its spiral whirl

tent to t

that sights, people,

myself, stinging me as

, underlapp'd brothers

ay be intimate

he hand roaming all ov

flesh where the finge

dge the

liquid within

osion so pensive

irritable tide that

me I feel, the like

lushes and flushes, an

ushes an

wakes deep at night,

s what would

t, the strange half-welco

hrough palms and tremb

an all color'd, r

my lover the sea, as

twin babes that crawl

never turning her vi

he walnut-husks, and

ng-round

e of vegetables

ss of me should I skulk

mals never once skulk or

aternity, to match the gr

on I have sworn, my Ada

day and night with hung

uce boys to fill my p

me relief, re

h pluck'd at ra

k-I toss it carelessl

to Madnes

ss and joy! O furio

s that frees m

amid lightnings an

stic deliria deeper

achings! (I bequeath t

u, for reasons, O b

u whoever you are, and

efiance of

Paradise! O bas

to plant on you for the

determ

hrice-tied knot, the

ied and i

ere is space enough a

previous ties and conv

ou from

ught-of nonchalance w

gag remov'd fr

to-day or any day I

nprov'd! someth

ly from others' a

love free! to dash r

ction with taunts

to the heavens of the

ther with my

st if it m

of life with one hour

ief hour of m

Rolling Oce

ocean the crowd cam

love you, bef

ong way merely to loo

t die till I onc

I might after

et, we have loo

eace to the o

t ocean my love, we ar

ondure, the cohesion

you, the irresistible

g us diverse, yet cannot

little space-know you

ean and

undown for your

s Returning

es returning

'd, wanderi

the potent original l

ter of Ad

rden the West, the g

what is generated, offer

lf, bathing my

ing of m

w Long We

ow long we

we swiftly escape

g have we been absen

ts, trunks, foli

d in the groun

grow in the open

wo among the wild her

hes swimming in

ossoms are, we drop sce

and ev

arse smut of beasts,

ory hawks, we soar

nt suns, we it is who

llar, we are

four-footed in the woo

forenoons and aftern

, we are two of those

other and interw

re is, transparent, recept

ld, darkness, we are ea

of the

ircled till we have arr

l but freedom and a

n! O H

nee! why do you t

me for a swi

continue? O why

continued beyond the

n certain

hat Aches

t aches with

e? does not all matter, a

of me to all I

ve M

en you come upon me

ow libidino

f my passions, give me

rt with Nature's da

elieve in loose deligh

gies of

dancers and drink

our indecent calls, I p

my deare

rude, illiterate, he sh

ers for d

onger, why should I exile

ersons, I at leas

in your midst, I

to you than to

d Through a

a populous city imprin

hows, architecture,

city I remember only

o detain'd me

by night we were toge

n forgott

ly that woman who pas

er, we love, we

s me by the hand

ide me with silent li

lemn-Sweet Pip

weet pipes of the orga

ss'd the

I walk'd the woods at

d sighs up abo

talian tenor singing at

the midst of th

u too I heard murmurin

sts aroun

u when all was still ri

ght unde

from Califor

from Califor

less, seeking wha

, over waves, towards

d of migratio

of my Western sea, the

d from Hindustan, from

north, from the God, t

the flowery peninsula

'd since, round the

e again, very pl

what I started

is it ye

arly in t

early in t

rom the bower ref

e I pass, hear m

e palm of your hand

afraid of