Leaves of Grass - Wikipedia
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.
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman - Full Text Archive
Take my leaves America, take them South and take them North, Make welcome for them everywhere, for they are your own off-spring, Surround them East and West, for they would surround you, And you precedents, connect lovingly with them, for they connect lovingly with you.
Leaves of Grass (1891-92) - Whitman Archive
Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone; Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes; Trickle Drops; City of Orgies; Behold This Swarthy Face; I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing; To a Stranger; This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful; I Hear It Was Charged Against Me; The Prairie-Grass Dividing; When I Peruse the Conquer'd Fame; We Two Boys Together Clinging; A ...
Leaves of Grass | Poetry, Verse, American | Britannica
2024年11月15日 · 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.
A Guide to Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
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 …
Leaves ofGrass. THEABOVEISAFACSIMILE OFTHEORIGINAL LETTERING ON THE FRONTWRAPPEROFACOPY OFTHEFIRSTEDITION. SEESECTIONIVOFTHIS INTRODUCTION,AND ADDENDA I. 1. S: Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: 1855. EnteredaccordingtoAct ofCongressintheyear1855,byWALTERWHITMANin the Clerk's office …
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
31 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d’œuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And ...
Leaves of Grass (1855) - Whitman Archive
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"
Leaves of Grass (1856) - Whitman Archive
LEAVES OF GRASS. 1 — Poem of Walt Whitman, an American. I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass. Houses and rooms are full of perfumes—the
Leaves of Grass - Academy of American Poets
Unusually prescient, even now, Leaves of Grass has become an unavoidable influence on American poetry. Though considered to be a transcendentalist alongside Henry David Thoreau and Emerson , Whitman's greatest legacy is his invention of a truly American free verse.