A line in long array, where they wind betwixt green islands;They take a serpentine course–their arms flash in the sun–Hark to the musical clank;Behold the…

Earth, round, rolling, compact–suns, moons, animals–all these are words to be said;Watery, vegetable, sauroid advances–beings, premonitions, lispings of the future,Behold! these are vast words to…

Come closer to me;Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess;Yield closer and closer, and give me the best you possess. This is…

Not alone those camps of white, O soldiers,When, as order’d forward, after a long march,Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessen’d, we halted for…

By the bivouac’s fitful flame,A procession winding around me, solemn and sweet and slow;–but first I note,The tents of the sleeping army, the fields’ and…

By broad Potomac’s shore–again, old tongue!(Still uttering–still ejaculating–canst never cease this babble?)Again, old heart so gay–again to you, your sense, the full flush spring returning;Again…

Brother of all, with generous hand,Of thee, pondering on thee, as o’er thy tomb, I and my Soul,A thought to launch in memory of thee,A…

I see before me now, a traveling army halting; Below, a fertile valley spread, with barns, and the orchards of summer; Behind, the terraced sides of a…

Behold this swarthy face–these gray eyes,This beard–the white wool, unclipt upon my neck,My brown hands, and the silent manner of me, without charm;Yet comes one,…

Behavior–fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself,Nature and the Soul expressed–America and freedom expressed–In it the finest art,In it pride, cleanliness, sympathy, to…