With antecedents;With my fathers and mothers, and the accumulations of past ages;With all which, had it not been, I would not now be here, as…

With all thy gifts, America,(Standing secure, rapidly tending, overlooking the world,)Power, wealth, extent, vouchsafed to thee, With these, and like of these, vouchsafed to thee,What…

Whoever you are, holding me now in hand,Without one thing, all will be useless,I give you fair warning, before you attempt me further,I am not…

Who learns my lesson complete?Boss, journeyman, apprentice, churchman and atheist,The stupid and the wise thinker, parents and offspring, merchant, clerk, porter and customer,Editor, author, artist,…

May-be one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life,Or may-be a stranger is reading this who has secretly loved me,Or…

Whispers of heavenly death, murmur’d I hear;Labial gossip of night, sibilant chorals;Footsteps gently ascending, mystical breezes, wafted soft and low;Ripples of unseen rivers, tides of…

When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom�d,And the great star early droop�d in the western sky in the night,I mourn�d�and yet shall mourn with ever-returning…

When I read the book, the biography famous,And is this, then, (said I,) what the author calls a man’s life?And so will some one, when…

When I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals,Nor the President in his Presidency,…

When I heard the learn’d astronomer;When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to…