Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
As The Time Draws Nigh
AS the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud,A dread beyond, of I know not what, darkens me.I shall go forth,I shall traverse The States awhile--but I..
© Walt Whitman
As If A Phantom Caress'D Me
AS if a phantom caress'd me,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..
© Walt Whitman
The Imprisoned Soul
AT the last, tenderly,From the walls of the powerful, fortress'd house,From the clasp of the knitted locks--from the keep of the well-closeddoors,Let..
© Walt Whitman
As Adam, Early In The Morning
AS Adam, early in the morning,Walking forth from the bower, refresh'd with sleep;Behold me where I pass--hear my voice--approach,Touch me--touch the..
© Walt Whitman
That Music Always Round Me
THAT music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning--yet long untaughtI did not hear;But now the chorus I hear, and am elated;A tenor, strong..
© Walt Whitman
Here, Sailor
WHAT ship, puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning?Or, coming in, to avoid the bars, and follow the channel, a perfectpilot needs?Here, sailor!..
© Walt Whitman
Ashes Of Soldiers
Again a verse for sake of you,You soldiers in the ranks- you Volunteers,Who bravely fighting, silent fell,To fill unmention'd graves.ASHES of..
© Walt Whitman
Tears
Tears! tears! tears!In the night, in solitude, tears;On the white shore dripping, dripping, suck'd in by the sand;Tears--not a star shining--all dark..
© Walt Whitman
God
THOUGHT of the Infinite--the All!Be thou my God.Lover Divine, and Perfect Comrade!Waiting, content, invisible yet, but certain,Be thou my..
© Walt Whitman
Song Of Myself, XI
Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly;Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all so lonesome.She owns..
© Walt Whitman
That Shadow, My Likeness
THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood,chattering, chaffering;How often I find myself standing and looking at it where..
© Walt Whitman
Germs
FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts,The ones known, and the ones unknown--the ones on the stars,The stars themselves, some shaped..
© Walt Whitman
As I Ebb'D With The Ocean Of Life
1As I ebb'd with the ocean of life,As I wended the shores I know,As I walk'd where the ripples continually wash you Paumanok,Where they rustle up..
© Walt Whitman
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
FLOOD-TIDE below me! I watch you face to face;Clouds of the west! sun there half an hour high! I see you also faceto face.Crowds of men and women..
© Walt Whitman
As I Ponder'D In Silence
AS I ponder'd in silence,Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,A Phantom arose before me, with distrustful aspect,Terrible in beauty..
© Walt Whitman
So Far And So Far, And On Toward The End
SO far, and so far, and on toward the end,Singing what is sung in this book, from the irresistible impulses ofme;But whether I continue beyond this..
© Walt Whitman
I Was Looking A Long While
I WAS looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past formyself, and for these chants--and now I have found it;It is not in those paged..
© Walt Whitman
Lessons
THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;But I teach lessons of war and death to those I love,That they readily meet invasions..
© Walt Whitman
O Hymen! O Hymenee!
O HYMEN! O hymenee!Why do you tantalize me thus?O why sting me for a swift moment only?Why can you not continue? O why do you now cease?Is it..
© Walt Whitman
Debris
HE is wisest who has the most caution,He only wins who goes far enough.Any thing is as good as established, when that is established thatwill produce..
© Walt Whitman
Song Of Myself, X
Alone far in the wilds and mountains I hunt,Wandering amazed at my own lightness and glee,In the late afternoon choosing a safe spot to pass the..
© Walt Whitman
I Dream'D In A Dream
I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of thewhole of the rest of the earth;I dream'd that was the new City of Friends;Nothing..
© Walt Whitman
I Will Take An Egg Out Of The Robin's Nest
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 garden,and go and preach to..
© Walt Whitman
O Living Always--Always Dying
O LIVING always--always dying!O the burials of me, past and present!O me, while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever!O me, what I was..
© Walt Whitman
Give Me The Splendid, Silent Sun
GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard;Give me a field where..
© Walt Whitman