Poems

In Paths Untrodden IN paths untrodden, In the growth by margins of pond-waters, Escaped from the life that exhibits itself, From all the standards hitherto publish’d–from […]

In The New Garden In All The Parts IN the new garden, in all the parts, In cities now, modern, I wander, Though the second or […]

Inscription SMALL is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest–namely, One’s-Self–that wondrous thing a simple, separate person. That, for the use of the New […]

Italian Music In Dakota THROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all, Rocks, woods, fort, cannon, pacing sentries, endless wilds, In dulcet streams, in flutes’ and cornets’ […]

Joy, Shipmate, Joy! Joy! shipmate–joy! (Pleas’d to my Soul at death I cry Our life is closed–our life begins; The long, long anchorage we leave, The […]

Kosmos WHO includes diversity, and is Nature, Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity […]

Laws For Creations LAWS for Creations, For strong artists and leaders–for fresh broods of teachers, and perfect literats for America, For noble savans, and coming musicians. […]

Leaves Of Grass. A Carol Of Harvest For 1867 . A SONG of the good green grass! A song no more of the city streets; A […]

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 […]

Lo! Victress On The Peaks LO! Victress on the peaks! Where thou, with mighty brow, regarding the world, (The world, O Libertad, that vainly conspired against […]