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Leaves of Grass
Including

SANDS AT SEVENTY . . . 1st Annex,

GOOD-BYE MY FANCY . . . 2d Annex,

A BACKWARD GLANCE O'ER TRAVEL'D ROADS,

and Portrait from Life.

COME, said my Soul,

Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,)

That should I after death invisibly return,

Or, long, long hence, in other spheres,

There to some group of mates the chants resuming,

(Tallying Earth's soil, trees, winds, tumultuous waves,)

Ever with pleas'd smile I may keep on,

Ever and ever yet the verses owning—as, first, I here and now,

Signing for Soul and Body, set to them my name,

PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET 1891-'2

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COPYRIGHTS, &c.
1st ed'n 1855, Brooklyn (N. Y., South District)—renew'd (1883) 14 yrs.
2d ed'n 1856, Brooklyn—renew'd (1884) 14 yrs.
3d ed'n 1860, Boston, Thayer & Eldridge Pub'rs.
4th ed'n 1867, N.Y., So. Dist.: Pub'd New York.
5th ed'n 1871, Washington, D. C.
6th ed'n 1876—Centennial issue—inc'd'g TWO RIVULETS: two vols.
7th ed'n 1881, Boston, Mass.: Osgood Pub.: [This includes in the present vol. pages 1 to 382.]
8th ed'n 1882, Philadelphia: McKay Pub'r.
Sands at Seventy: Annex, 1888—November Boughs—Philadelphia.
A Backward Glance, &c.: November Boughs, 1888—Philadelphia.
Good-Bye my Fancy: 2d Annex, 1891—Philadelphia.

     To wit: Be it remembered . . . That on the 19th day of May, anno Domini, 1891, Walt Whitman, of Camden, N.J., has deposited in this office the title of a Book, the title or description of which is in the following words, to wit:
GOOD-BYE MY FANCY,
2d Annex to Leaves of Grass.
Philadelphia . . . David McKay . . . 1891. The right whereof he claims as author, in conformity with the laws of the United States respecting copyrights. POFFORD

      ☞ As there are now several editions of L. of G., different texts and dates, I wish to say that I prefer and recommend this present one, complete, for future printing, if there should be any; a copy and fac-simile, indeed, of the text of these 438 pages. The subsequent adjusting interval which is so important to form'd and launch'd work, books especially, has pass'd; and waiting till fully after that, I have given (pages 423-438) my concluding words.

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CONTENTS.

INSCRIPTIONS.	PAGE
ONE'S-SELF I SING	9
AS I PONDER'D IN SILENCE	9
IN CABIN'D SHIPS AT SEA	10
TO FOREIGN LANDS	11
TO A HISTORIAN	11
TO THEE OLD CAUSE	11
EIDÓLONS	12
FOR HIM I SING	14
WHEN I READ THE BOOK	14
BEGINNING MY STUDIES	14
BEGINNERS	15
TO THE STATES	15
ON JOURNEYS THROUGH THE STATES	15
TO A CERTAIN CANTATRICE	16
ME IMPERTURBE	16
SAVANTISM	16
THE SHIP STARTING	16
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING	17
WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED?	17
STILL THOUGH THE ONE I SING	17
SHUT NOT YOUR DOORS	17
POETS TO COME	18
TO YOU	18
THOU READER	18
STARTING FROM PAUMANOK	18
SONG OF MYSELF	29
CHILDREN OF ADAM.
TO THE GARDEN THE WORLD	79
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS	79
I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC	81
A WOMAN WAITS FOR ME	88
SPONTANEOUS ME	89
ONE HOUR TO MADNESS AND JOY	91
OUT OF THE ROLLING OCEAN THE CROWD	92
AGES AND AGES RETURNING AT INTERVALS	92
WE TWO, HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D	93
O HYMEN! O HYMENEE!	93
I AM HE THAT ACHES WITH LOVE	93
NATIVE MOMENTS	94
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY	94
I HEARD YOU SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN	94
FACING WEST FROM CALIFORNIA'S SHORES	95
AS ADAM EARLY IN THE MORNING	95

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CALAMUS.	PAGE
IN PATHS UNTRODDEN	95
SCENTED HERBAGE OF MY BREAST	96
WHOEVER YOU ARE HOLDING ME NOW IN HAND	97
FOR YOU O DEMOCRACY	99
THESE I SINGING IN SPRING	99
NOT HEAVING FROM MY RIBB'D BREAST ONLY	100
OF THE TERRIBLE DOUBT OF APPEARANCES	101
THE BASE OF ALL METAPHYSICS	101
RECORDERS AGES HENCE	102
WHEN I HEARD AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY	102
ARE YOU THE NEW PERSON DRAWN TOWARD ME?	103
ROOTS AND LEAVES THEMSELVES ALONE	103
NOT HEAT FLAMES UP AND CONSUMES	104
TRICKLE DROPS	104
CITY OF ORGIES	105
BEHOLD THIS SWARTHY FACE	105
I SAW IN LOUISIANA A LIVE-OAK GROWING	105
TO A STRANGER	106
THIS MOMENT YEARNING AND THOUGHTFUL	106
I HEAR IT WAS CHARGED AGAINST ME	107
THE PRAIRIE-GRASS DIVIDING	107
WHEN I PERUSE THE CONQUER'D FAME	107
WE TWO BOYS TOGETHER CLINGING	108
A PROMISE TO CALIFORNIA	108
HERE THE FRAILEST LEAVES OF ME	108
NO LABOR-SAVING MACHINE	108
A GLIMPSE	109
A LEAF FOR HAND IN HAND	109
EARTH MY LIKENESS	109
I DREAM'D IN A DREAM	109
WHAT THINK YOU I TAKE MY PEN IN HAND?	110
TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST	110
SOMETIMES WITH ONE I LOVE	110
TO A WESTERN BOY	110
FAST-ANCHOR'D ETERNAL O LOVE	111
AMONG THE MULTITUDE	111
O YOU WHOM I OFTEN AND SILENTLY COME	111
THAT SHADOW MY LIKENESS	111
FULL OF LIFE NOW	111
SALUT AU MONDE!	112
SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD	120
CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY	129
SONG OF THE ANSWERER	134
OUR OLD FEUILLAGE	138
A SONG OF JOYS	142
SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE	148
SONG OF THE EXPOSITION	157
SONG OF THE REDWOOD-TREE	165
A SONG FOR OCCUPATIONS	169
A SONG OF THE ROLLING EARTH	176
YOUTH, DAY, OLD AGE, AND NIGHT	180
BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
SONG OF THE UNIVERSAL	181
PIONEERS! O PIONEERS!	183
TO YOU	186

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BIRDS OF PASSAGE.	PAGE
FRANCE THE 18TH YEAR OF THESE STATES	188
MYSELF AND MINE	189
YEAR OF METEORS (1859-60)	190
WITH ANTECEDENTS	191
A BROADWAY PAGEANT	193
SEA-DRIFT.
OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING	196
AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE	202
TEARS	204
TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD	204
ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM	205
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT	205
THE WORLD BELOW THE BRINE	206
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE	207
SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS	207
PATROLING BARNEGAT	208
AFTER THE SEA-SHIP	209
BY THE ROADSIDE.
A BOSTON BALLAD—1854	209
EUROPE THE 72D AND 73D YEARS OF THESE STATES	211
A HAND-MIRROR	213
GODS	213
GERMS	214
THOUGHTS	214
WHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMER	214
PERFECTIONS	214
O ME! O LIFE!	215
TO A PRESIDENT	215
I SIT AND LOOK OUT	215
TO RICH GIVERS	216
THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES	216
ROAMING IN THOUGHT	216
A FARM PICTURE	216
A CHILD'S AMAZE	217
THE RUNNER	217
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN	217
MOTHER AND BABE	217
THOUGHT	217
VISOR'D	217
THOUGHT	217
GLIDING O'ER ALL	218
HAST NEVER COME TO THEE AN HOUR	218
THOUGHT	218
TO OLD AGE	218
LOCATIONS AND TIMES	218
OFFERINGS	218
TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD	218
DRUM-TAPS.
FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE	219
EIGHTEEEN SIXTY-ONE	221
BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!	222
FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD	222
SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK	223
RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS	228

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DRUM-TAPS.	PAGE
VIRGINIA—THE WEST	230
CITY OF SHIPS	230
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY	231
CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD	235
BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE	235
AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH	236
BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME	236
COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER	236
VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT	238
A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST	239
A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM	240
AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS	240
NOT THE PILOT	241
YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME	241
THE WOUND-DRESSER	241
LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA	244
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN	244
DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS	246
OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE	247
I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY	247
THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION	248
ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLORS	249
NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME	249
RACE OF VETERANS	250
WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE	250
O TAN-FACED PRAIRIE-BOY	250
LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON	250
RECONCILIATION	250
HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE	251
AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO	251
DELICATE CLUSTER	252
TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN	252
LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS	252
SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE	253
ADIEU TO A SOLDIER	253
TURN O LIBERTAD	254
TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD	254
MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
WHE