In midnight sleep, of many a face of anguish,Of the look at first of the mortally wounded – of that indescribable look;Of the dead on their backs, with arms extended wide,I dream, I dream, I dream. Of scenes of nature, fields and mountains;Of skies, so beauteous after a storm – and at night the moon…
In Former Songs By Walt Whitman
In former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful Life,But here I twine the strands of Patriotism and Death. And now, Life,…
In Cabin’d Ships At Sea By Walt Whitman
In cabin’d ships, at sea,The boundless blue on every side expanding,With whistling winds and music of the waves – the large imperious waves – In…
I Will Take An Egg Out Of The Robin’s Nest By Walt Whitman
I will take an egg out of the robin’s nest in the orchard,I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush in the…
I Was Looking A Long While By Walt Whitman
I was looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past for myself, and for these chants – and now I…
I Thought I Was Not Alone By Walt Whitman
I thought I was not alone, walking here by the shore,But the one I thought was with me, as now I walk by the shore,As…
I Sit And Look Out By Walt Whitman
I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame;I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men,…
I Sing The Body Electric By Walt Whitman
I sing the Body electric;The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them;They will not let me off till I go with…
I Saw Old General At Bay By Walt Whitman
I saw old General at bay;(Old as he was, his grey eyes yet shone out in battle like stars;)His small force was now completely hemm’d…
I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing By Walt Whitman
I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches;Without any companion it grew there, uttering joyous…