Leaves of Grass

ld Fe

our old f

een peninsula-always

ys the cotton-fields

s golden hills and h

New Mexico-always

drain'd by the Souther

ain'd by the Easter

hird year of these Stat

ions of sq

miles of sea-coast and

thousand miles of

istinct families and the

more, branching forth

and diversity-always the

, pastures, forests,

nada, th

lands tied at the hips

e huge o

rong native persons, the

endly, threatening, iro

h, East-all deeds, promis

ents, growths, a few no

s streets I walking,

y night in the glare o

wood

e valley of the Susqueh

d Rappahannock, and the

and De

lds beasts of prey haun

apping the Sagina

sheldrake lost from th

er rockin

n in the stable, their

anding, they

he-walrus lying drowsily w

re men have not yet sa

crystalline, open

ahead where the ship

one in cities as the bell

he sounds there also s

f the panther, and the h

e hard blue ice of Moo

the clear waters, th

n warmer air in the Ca

ting slowly high b

ar festoon'd with ty

out of the white sand th

the big Pedee, climbin

ers and berries en

y on the live-oak t

essly waved

wagoners just after da

and eating by wh

t wagons, the mules, c

from t

up under the leaves of

black smoke from the pit

fishing, the sounds

the shad-fishery and t

s, the windlasses on sh

, curing, and

in piney woods turpen

he trees, there are

es at work in good he

ns is cover'd

ucky slaves busy in the

ace-blaze, or at

anter's son returning

m'd and kiss'd by th

fely moor'd at nightfa

lter of h

men dance to the sound

on the gunwale sm

the mocking-bird, the

he Great D

ish waters, the resin

ypress-tree, and

n of Mannahatta, the

ning home at evening,

es of flowers pr

on his father's lap a y

s move! how he smi

on horseback over t

ascends a knoll and

miner, bearded, dress

rnia friendship, the sw

ets solitary just a

tton-field, the negro-

fore rude carts, cotto

and wh

-darting up and wide,

eres, one Love, one

e-talk with the Iroqu

e of good-will, arbitr

he smoke first toward

the

p-dance enacted with pa

exclam

the war-party, the lo

swinging hatchets, th

of e

s, ways, persons, att

iscences, i

act, every square mile

epting a

in lanes and country fi

al flight of two lit

een each other, asce

the destroyer of inse

returning northward

e close of the day driv

m as they loiter to b

on, Philadelphia, Balt

eans, San

s when the sailors h

in my room-th

sun shining in my ope

suspended, balancing i

arting athwart, up a

ks on the opposite wa

matron speaking in publi

igrants, combinations

the States, each for

, the mechanical force

ey, all ce

space, increase,

, the scatter'd islands

, the lands

o me-what you are, (what

e songs, become a part

creaming, with wings s

ls wintering along t

xt the banks of the Ar

Brazos, the Tombigbe

the Osage, I with the

skipping a

nds, on some shallow b

y herons wading in th

quatic

ntly twittering, the k

bill, for amusement-and

of wild geese alightin

body of the flock feed

erect heads watching, a

er sentinels-and I fe

with t

he moose, large as an o

ely on his hind-feet,

oofs as sharp as knive

s, corner'd

treets, piers, shippin

workmen workin

nahatta, singing there

hole of the Mann

These, my ever-unite

ed, part to part, and

utions one identity,

ably united and

s, the grass of the g

animals, products, war,

all their particulars,

ow can I do less than p

, to afford t

can I but offer you d

be eligib

e chanting, invite you

e incomparable feuil