Whitman, as Printed

‹ Leaves of Grass, 1891–92

The lines with “good”

good 124 Back to G

  1. p. 10, line 1(Yet methinks certain, or as good as certain, at the last,) the field the world,
  2. p. 11, line 12Thou peerless, passionate, good cause,
  3. p. 16, line 3One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of the race,
  4. p. 22, line 6I am myself just as much evil as good, and my nation is—and I say there is in fact no evil,
  5. p. 29, line 8For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
  6. p. 29, line 17I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,
  7. p. 30, line 14You shall possess the good of the earth and sun, (there are millions of suns left,)
  8. p. 34, line 13And peruse manifold objects, no two alike and every one good,
  9. p. 34, line 14The earth good and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.
  10. p. 36, line 9I tuck'd my trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time;
  11. p. 39, line 14Not asking the sky to come down to my good will,
  12. p. 43, line 9Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
  13. p. 43, line 10I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
  14. p. 44, line 21And the good or bad I say of myself I say of them.
  15. p. 49, line 31The air tastes good to my palate.
  16. p. 54, line 8And have distanced what is behind me for good reasons,
  17. p. 56, line 27Upon the race-course, or enjoying picnics or jigs or a good game of base-ball,
  18. p. 59, line 19And chalk'd in large letters on a board, Be of good cheer, we will not desert you;
  19. p. 59, line 24All this I swallow, it tastes good, I like it well, it becomes mine,
  20. p. 67, line 29The day getting ready for me when I shall do as much good as the best, and be as prodigious;
  21. p. 73, line 17My signs are a rain-proof coat, good shoes, and a staff cut from the woods,
  22. p. 75, line 22The farm-boy ploughing in the field feels good at the sound of my voice,
  23. p. 77, line 6And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me,
  24. p. 79, line 2But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
  25. p. 85, line 11Do you suppose you have a right to a good sight, and he or she has no right to a sight?
  26. p. 89, line 2I cannot let you go, I would do you good,
  27. p. 98, line 26Nor will my poems do good only, they will do just as much evil, perhaps more,
  28. p. 119, line 17Health to you! good will to you all, from me and America sent!
  29. p. 123, line 6I can repeat over to men and women You have done such good to me I would do the same to you,
  30. p. 132, line 25Who knows, for all the distance, but I am as good as looking at you now, for all you cannot see me?
  31. p. 140, line 1There are the negroes at work in good health, the ground in all directions is cover'd with pine straw;
  32. p. 142, line 6Cities, labors, death, animals, products, war, good and evil—these me,
  33. p. 146, line 21O to bathe in the swimming-bath, or in a good place along shore,
  34. p. 153, line 25A sterile landscape covers the ore, there is as good as the best for all the forbidding appearance,
  35. p. 154, line 25I see those who in any land have died for the good cause,
  36. p. 157, line 5The door that admits good news and bad news,
  37. p. 165, line 10Many a good man have I seen go under.
  38. p. 167, line 27Here build your homes for good, establish here, these areas entire, lands of the Western shore,
  39. p. 170, line 2If you bestow gifts on your brother or dearest friend I demand as good as your brother or dearest friend,
  40. p. 170, line 22The daughter, and she is just as good as the son,
  41. p. 171, line 4Not money, amours, dress, eating, erudition, but as good,
  42. p. 172, line 13I do not say they are not grand and good, for they are,
  43. p. 175, line 5In them the development good—in them all themes, hints, possibilities.
  44. p. 175, line 10In things best known to you finding the best, or as good as the best,
  45. p. 181, line 28Only the good is universal.
  46. p. 187, line 17There is no virtue, no beauty in man or woman, but as good is in you,
  47. p. 187, line 18No pluck, no endurance in others, but as good is in you,
  48. p. 189, line 12To stand the cold or heat, to take good aim with a gun, to sail a boat, to manage horses, to beget superb children,
  49. p. 191, line 16Your chants, O year all mottled with evil and good—year of forebodings!
  50. p. 192, line 14We stand amid time beginningless and endless, we stand amid evil and good,
  51. p. 205, line 19O you give good notice indeed, you bell by the sea-reefs ringing,
  52. p. 209, line 19Here's a good place at the corner, I must stand and see the show.
  53. p. 212, line 13And all these things bear fruits, and they are good.
  54. p. 214, line 6Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere, stand provided for in a handful of space, which I extend my arm and half enclose with my hand,
  55. p. 215, line 7The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
  56. p. 216, line 19Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality,
  57. p. 220, line 14(How good they look as they tramp down to the river, sweaty, with their guns on their shoulders!
  58. p. 227, line 13But out of the night emerging for good, our voice persuasive no more,
  59. p. 227, line 24O banner, not money so precious are you, not farm produce you, nor the material good nutriment,
  60. p. 229, line 7'Twas well, O soul—'twas a good preparation you gave me,
  61. p. 229, line 26Crash heavier, heavier yet O storms! you have done me good,
  62. p. 231, line 11Good or bad I never question you—I love all—I do not condemn any thing,
  63. p. 232, line 31A veteran force furnish'd with good artillery.
  64. p. 250, line 6WORLD take good notice, silver stars fading,
  65. p. 251, line 12The soul! yourself I see, great as any, good as the best,
  66. p. 254, line 20(Forth from my tent emerging for good, loosing, untying the tent-ropes,)
  67. p. 267, line 6His spirit surrounding his country's spirit, unclosed to good and evil,
  68. p. 267, line 20The fluency of their speech, their delight in music, their curiosity, good temper and open-handedness, the whole composite make,
  69. p. 269, line 11Nothing out of its place is good, nothing in its place is bad,
  70. p. 269, line 17In war he is the best backer of the war, he fetches artillery as good as the engineer's, he can make every word he speaks draw blood,
  71. p. 271, line 19Is it not a mere tale? a rhyme? a prettiness?—is the good old cause in it?
  72. p. 273, line 26I swear nothing is good to me now that ignores individuals,
  73. p. 274, line 24Not any part of America good or bad,
  74. p. 280, line 29Resolve ye back again, give up for good your deadly arms,
  75. p. 281, line 19And the good green grass, that delicate miracle the ever-recurring grass.
  76. p. 286, line 25That the cool drink from the well tastes so good,
  77. p. 289, line 11Did they achieve nothing for good for themselves?
  78. p. 290, line 19All offering of substance or life for the good old cause, or for a friend's sake, or opinion's sake,
  79. p. 290, line 23All the grandeur and good of ancient nations whose fragments we inherit,
  80. p. 290, line 24All the good of the dozens of ancient nations unknown to us by name, date, location,
  81. p. 299, line 17What do you suppose I would intimate to you in a hundred ways, but that man or woman is as good as God?
  82. p. 303, line 18Who having consider'd the body finds all its organs and parts good,
  83. p. 304, line 12It is no lesson—it lets down the bars to a good lesson,
  84. p. 307, line 19Some have wide flaring horns (a good sign)—see you! the bright hides,
  85. p. 308, line 18The lights and shadows of your future, good or evil?
  86. p. 319, line 7He shall double the cape of Good Hope to some purpose,)
  87. p. 321, line 23Thou mightier centre of the true, the good, the loving,
  88. p. 334, line 19He was a good fellow, free-mouth'd, quick-temper'd, not bad-looking,
  89. p. 334, line 25Good day's work, bad day's work, pet stock, mean stock, first out, last out, turning-in at night,
  90. p. 337, line 12Whither I walk I cannot define, but I know it is good,
  91. p. 337, line 13The whole universe indicates that it is good,
  92. p. 337, line 14The past and the present indicate that it is good.
  93. p. 337, line 17What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect,
  94. p. 348, line 22Steer then with good strong hand and wary eye O helmsman, thou carriest great companions,
  95. p. 349, line 13I feel thy ominous greatness evil as well as good,
  96. p. 349, line 23Scattering for good the cloud that hung so long, that weigh'd so long upon the mind of man,
  97. p. 350, line 12Land tolerating all, accepting all, not for the good alone, all good for thee,
  98. p. 353, line 11The face withdrawn of its good and bad, a castrated face,
  99. p. 354, line 20And I shall meet the real landlord perfect and unharm'd, every inch as good as myself.
  100. p. 355, line 4This face of a healthy honest boy is the programme of all good.
  101. p. 359, line 24O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me!
  102. p. 373, line 3How America illustrates birth, muscular youth, the promise, the sure fulfilment, the absolute success, despite of people—illustrates evil as well as good,
  103. p. 373, line 9How the whirl, the contest, the wrestle of evil with good, the sounding and resounding, keep on and on,
  104. p. 374, line 7Of the new and good names, of the modern developments, of inalienable homesteads,
  105. p. 374, line 28Good in all,
  106. p. 387, line 5Or haply cut me short for good? Or leave me here as now,
  107. p. 391, line 22Or good or ill humanity—welcoming the darker odds, the dross:
  108. p. 401, line 6(Yes, he comes back to lay in port for good—to settle—has a well-fill'd purse—no spot will do but this;)
  109. p. 401, line 11Dress'd in its russet suit of good Scotch cloth:
  110. p. 402, line 15Mourning a good old man—a faithful shepherd, patriot.
  111. p. 406, line 3Preface Note to 2d Annex, 407. Sail Out for Good, Eidólon Yacht, 409. Lingering Last Drops, 409. Good-Bye my Fancy, 409. On, on […]
  112. p. 408, line 4[…] to be got at last out of inherited good spirits and primal buoyant centre-pulses down there deep somewhere within […]
  113. p. 409, line 9Sail out for good, eidólon yacht of me!
  114. p. 417, line 22The fair, the strong, the good, the capable,
  115. p. 420, line 18But add, fuse, complete, extend—and celebrate the immortal and the good.
  116. p. 426, line 33[…] for victory's prize itself and to do some good—After years of those aims and pursuits, I found myself […]
  117. p. 432, line 25[…] and ready to start its own way for good or bad. Not till after all this, did I attempt […]
  118. p. 434, line 27[…] acknowledg'd sense than hitherto. Other word-signs would be Good Cheer, Content, and Hope […]
  119. p. 434, line 42[…] vigorous and clean manliness, religiousness, and give him good heart as a radical possession and habit. The educated world […]
  120. p. 437, line 27[…] earnest the interminable average fallows of humanity—not "good government" merely, in the common sense—is the justification and […]
  121. p. 438, line 1[…] work. After looking at it thoughtfully for a good while, and listening to the criticisms of his suite of […]