Good-Bye My Fancy! 831
DRUM-TAPS 836
FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE 847
EIGHTEEN SIXTY-ONE 850
BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS! 851
FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD 853
SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK 854
RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS 862
VIRGINIA—THE WEST 865
CITY OF SHIPS 866
THE CENTENARIAN’S STORY 867
CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD 873
BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE 874
AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH 875
BY THE BIVOUAC’S FITFUL FLAME 876
COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER 877
VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT 879
A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN 881
A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM 883
AS TOILSOME I WANDER’D VIRGINIA’S WOODS 884
NOT THE PILOT 885
YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL’D BENEATH ME 886
THE WOUND-DRESSER 887
LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA 891
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN 892
DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS 895
OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE 897
I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY 899
THE ARTILLERYMAN’S VISION 900
ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS 902
NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME 903
RACE OF VETERANS 904
WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE 905
O TAN-FACED PRAIRIE-BOY 906
LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON 907
RECONCILIATION 908
HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE 909
AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO 910
DELICATE CLUSTER 911
TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN 912
LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS 913
SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE 914
ADIEU TO A SOLDIER 916
TURN O LIBERTAD 917
TO THE LEAVEN’D SOIL THEY TROD 918
THE WOUND DRESSER 919
PREFACE 921
THE GREAT ARMY OF THE WOUNDED 923
LIFE AMONG FIFTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS 930
HOSPITAL VISITS 936
LETTERS OF 1862-3 953
LETTERS OF 1864 1017
THE LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST AND WALT WHITMAN 1057
PREFACE 1058
INTRODUCTION 1061
A WOMAN’S ESTIMATE OF WALT WHITMAN 1073
A CONFESSION OF FAITH 1088
LETTER I 1114
LETTER II 1116
LETTER III 1122
LETTER IV 1124
LETTER V 1125
LETTER VI 1128
LETTER VII 1131
LETTER VIII 1132
LETTER IX 1135
LETTER X 1138
LETTER XI 1141
LETTER XII 1142
LETTER XIII 1144
LETTER XIV 1146
LETTER XV 1149
LETTER XVI 1151
LETTER XVII 1153
LETTER XVIII 1156
LETTER XIX 1159
LETTER XX 1162
LETTER XXI 1163
LETTER XXII 1166
LETTER XXIII 1169
LETTER XXIV 1172
LETTER XXV 1174
LETTER XXVI 1176
LETTER XXVII 1179
LETTER XXVIII 1182
LETTER XXIX 1184
LETTER XXX 1187
LETTER XXXI 1189
LETTER XXXII 1191
LETTER XXXIII 1193
LETTER XXXIV 1194
LETTER XXXV 1195
LETTER XXXVI 1197
LETTER XXXVII 1200
LETTER XXXVIII 1202
LETTER XXXIX 1204
LETTER XL 1207
LETTER XLI 1209
LETTER XLII 1211
LETTER XLIII 1213
LETTER XLIV 1215
LETTER XLV 1216
LETTER XLVI 1218
LETTER XLVII 1220
LETTER XLVIII 1222
LETTER XLIX 1224
LETTER L 1226
LETTER LI 1228
LETTER LII 1231
LETTER LIII 1232
LETTER LIV 1235
LETTER LV 1238
LETTER LVI 1240
LETTER LVII 1242
LETTER LVIII 1244
LETTER LIX 1247
LETTER LX 1249
LETTER LXI 1251
LETTER LXII 1253
LETTER LXIII 1255
LETTER LXIV 1257
LETTER LXV 1259
LETTER LXVI 1261
LETTER LXVII 1264
LETTER LXVIII 1266
LETTER LXIX 1268
LETTER LXX 1270
LETTER LXXI 1271
LETTER LXXII 1273
LETTER LXXIII 1275
LETTER LXXIV 1277
LETTER LXXV 1279
LETTER LXXVI 1281
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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Walter “Walt” Whitman (1819–1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views