Poems

Now Finale To The Shore NOW finale to the shore! Now, land and life, finale, and farewell! Now Voyager depart! (much, much for thee is yet […]

Now List To My Morning’s Romanza NOW list to my morning’s romanza–I tell the signs of the Answerer; To the cities and farms I sing, as […]

O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig! In the bouquet I give you place also–I bind you in, Proceeding no further till, humbled […]

O Captain! My Captain! O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; The […]

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 […]

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 […]

O Me! O Life! O ME! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless–of cities fill’d with the foolish; […]

O Star Of France O STAR of France! The brightness of thy hope and strength and fame, Like some proud ship that led the fleet so […]

O Sun Of Real Peace O SUN of real peace! O hastening light! O free and extatic! O what I here, preparing, warble for! O the […]

O Tan-faced Prairie Boy O TAN-FACED prairie-boy! Before you came to camp, came many a welcome gift; Praises and presents came, and nourishing food–till at last, […]