Whitman, as Printed

‹ Leaves of Grass, 1891–92

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  1. p. 9, line 10Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,
  2. p. 15, line 1HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,)
  3. p. 18, line 7I am a man who, sauntering along without fully stopping, turns a casual look upon you and then averts his face,
  4. p. 19, line 19Countless masses debouch upon them,
  5. p. 21, line 20And employments! I will put in my poems that with you is heroism upon land and sea,
  6. p. 24, line 12I exultant to be ready for them will now shake out carols stronger and haughtier than have ever yet been heard upon earth.
  7. p. 27, line 1Yet upon the plains west of the spinal river, yet in my house of adobie,
  8. p. 28, line 11See, on the one side the Western Sea and on the other the Eastern Sea, how they advance and retreat upon my poems as upon their own shores,
  9. p. 31, line 22People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city I live in, or the nation,
  10. p. 32, line 20How you settled your head athwart my hips and gently turn'd over upon me,
  11. p. 36, line 14She had long eyelashes, her head was bare, her coarse straight locks descended upon her voluptuous limbs and reach'd to her feet.
  12. p. 45, line 17The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue.
  13. p. 48, line 21And of the rights of them the others are down upon,
  14. p. 56, line 26Upon a door-step, upon the horse-block of hard wood outside,
  15. p. 56, line 27Upon the race-course, or enjoying picnics or jigs or a good game of base-ball,
  16. p. 57, line 17Where the yellow-crown'd heron comes to the edge of the marsh at night and feeds upon small crabs,
  17. p. 60, line 4Hell and despair are upon me, crack and again crack the marksmen,
  18. p. 60, line 11My hurts turn livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.
  19. p. 63, line 21Formless stacks of bodies and bodies by themselves, dabs of flesh upon the masts and spars,
  20. p. 66, line 22By God, you shall not go down! hang your whole weight upon me.
  21. p. 66, line 27Not doubt, not decease shall dare to lay finger upon you,
  22. p. 69, line 21Believing I shall come again upon the earth after five thousand years,
  23. p. 71, line 13Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?
  24. p. 71, line 14I am sorry for you, they are not murderous or jealous upon me,
  25. p. 73, line 5If I, you, and the worlds, and all beneath or upon their surfaces, were this moment reduced back to a pallid float, it would not avail in the long run,
  26. p. 73, line 21But each man and each woman of you I lead upon a knoll,
  27. p. 75, line 24The soldier camp'd or upon the march is mine,
  28. p. 80, line 10Of the mad pushes of waves upon the land, I them chanting,
  29. p. 81, line 2From the long sustain'd kiss upon the mouth or bosom,
  30. p. 89, line 15The drops I distil upon you shall grow fierce and athletic girls, new artists, musicians, and singers,
  31. p. 89, line 16The babes I beget upon you are to beget babes in their turn,
  32. p. 90, line 8The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down, that gripes the full-grown lady-flower, curves upon her with amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds himself tremulous and tight till he is satisfied;
  33. p. 91, line 1The souse upon me of my lover the sea, as I lie willing and naked,
  34. p. 94, line 1NATIVE moments—when you come upon me—ah you are here now,
  35. p. 96, line 2Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself, yet contains all the rest,
  36. p. 98, line 9Here to put your lips upon mine I permit you,
  37. p. 98, line 13Where I may feel the throbs of your heart or rest upon your hip,
  38. p. 99, line 2I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon,
  39. p. 102, line 18Who oft as he saunter'd the streets curv'd with his arm the shoulder of his friend, while the arm of his friend rested upon him also.
  40. p. 105, line 3Glow upon all I have written or shall write, bleeding drops,
  41. p. 105, line 15This beard, the white wool unclipt upon my neck,
  42. p. 106, line 1And I broke off a twig with a certain number of leaves upon it, and twined around it a little moss,
  43. p. 106, line 9PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
  44. p. 113, line 23I see diminute farms, hamlets, ruins, graveyards, jails, factories, palaces, hovels, huts of barbarians, tents of nomads upon the surface,
  45. p. 116, line 8I see the battle-fields of the earth, grass grows upon them and blossoms and corn,
  46. p. 117, line 18I descend upon all those cities, and rise from them again.
  47. p. 119, line 19Each of us limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth,
  48. p. 119, line 25You poor koboo whom the meanest of the rest look down upon for all your glimmering language and spirituality!
  49. p. 121, line 13You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here,
  50. p. 123, line 17(Such a deed seizes upon the hearts of the whole race of men,
  51. p. 124, line 15Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
  52. p. 127, line 17All religion, all solid things, arts, governments—all that was or is apparent upon this globe or any globe, falls into niches and corners before the procession of souls along the grand roads of the universe.
  53. p. 131, line 19In the day among crowds of people sometimes they came upon me,
  54. p. 131, line 20In my walks home late at night or as I lay in my bed they came upon me,
  55. p. 131, line 24It is not upon you alone the dark patches fall,
  56. p. 131, line 25The dark threw its patches down upon me also,
  57. p. 133, line 18Consider, you who peruse me, whether I may not in unknown ways be looking upon you;
  58. p. 136, line 1He resolves all tongues into his own and bestows it upon men, and any man translates, and any man translates himself also,
  59. p. 138, line 2Forever touching them or close upon them follows beauty, longing, fain, love-sick.
  60. p. 143, line 5The saddle, the gallop, the pressure upon the seat, the cool gurgling by the ears and hair.
  61. p. 144, line 6O the sweetness of the Fifth-month morning upon the water as I row just before sunrise toward the buoys,
  62. p. 146, line 4What beauty is this that descends upon me and rises out of me?
  63. p. 148, line 20Resting the grass amid and upon,
  64. p. 154, line 20Whose is that blood upon you so wet and sticky?)
  65. p. 155, line 3I see the scaffold untrodden and mouldy, I see no longer any axe upon it,
  66. p. 158, line 24Upon this very scene.
  67. p. 165, line 3But I have seen thee bunting, to tatters torn upon thy splinter'd staff,
  68. p. 167, line 21You unseen moral essence of all the vast materials of America, (age upon age working in death the same as life,)
  69. p. 171, line 16The apple-shaped earth and we upon it, surely the drift of them is something grand,
  70. p. 172, line 15Then I am in love with You, and with all my fellows upon the earth.
  71. p. 173, line 7All architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it,
  72. p. 181, line 17(As a much-tacking ship upon the sea,)
  73. p. 183, line 22We debouch upon a newer mightier world, varied world,
  74. p. 184, line 18By those swarms upon our rear we must never yield or falter,
  75. p. 184, line 27Then upon the march we fittest die, soon and sure the gap is fill'd,
  76. p. 186, line 14Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem,
  77. p. 187, line 6You have not known what you are, you have slumber'd upon yourself all your life,
  78. p. 198, line 30O madly the sea pushes upon the land,
  79. p. 200, line 5O brown halo in the sky near the moon, drooping upon the sea!
  80. p. 202, line 20As I inhale the impalpable breezes that set in upon me,
  81. p. 202, line 27Aware now that amid all that blab whose echoes recoil upon me I have not once had the least idea who or what I am,
  82. p. 203, line 2Nature here in sight of the sea taking advantage of me to dart upon me and sting me,
  83. p. 203, line 13I too leave little wrecks upon you, you fish-shaped island.
  84. p. 203, line 14I throw myself upon your breast my father,
  85. p. 204, line 26THOU who hast slept all night upon the storm,
  86. p. 211, line 14Its feet upon the ashes and the rags, its hands tight to the throats of kings.
  87. p. 214, line 8OF ownership—as if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate them into himself or herself;
  88. p. 215, line 14I SIT and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame,
  89. p. 216, line 1I observe the slights and degradations cast by arrogant persons upon laborers, the poor, and upon negroes, and the like;
  90. p. 216, line 2All these—all the meanness and agony without end I sitting look out upon,
  91. p. 216, line 7For I myself am not one who bestows nothing upon man and woman,
  92. p. 216, line 8For I bestow upon any man or woman the entrance to all the gifts of the universe.
  93. p. 217, line 17Falling upon her even when she sleeps.
  94. p. 230, line 3Continually preceding my steps, turning upon me oft, ironically hissing low;
  95. p. 235, line 3They are cut off, murderous artillery from the hills plays upon them,
  96. p. 239, line 4Till after midnight glimmer upon us the lights of a dim-lighted building,
  97. p. 245, line 1Day upon day and year upon year O city, walking your streets,
  98. p. 248, line 6There in the room as I wake from sleep this vision presses upon me;
  99. p. 259, line 22Falling upon them all and among them all, enveloping me with the rest,
  100. p. 263, line 25Sing—as they close the doors of earth upon him—one verse,
  101. p. 268, line 3Slavery—the murderous, treacherous conspiracy to raise it upon the ruins of all the rest,
  102. p. 270, line 21Now the corpses tumble curl'd upon the ground,
  103. p. 273, line 13(Upon this breast has many a dying soldier lean'd to breathe his last,
  104. p. 275, line 7I will penetrate what it is in them that is sarcastic upon me,
  105. p. 276, line 3I thrill'd with the power's pulsations, and the charm of my theme was upon me,
  106. p. 276, line 4Till the tissues that held me parted their ties upon me.
  107. p. 278, line 13Ever upon this stage,
  108. p. 278, line 17The heaving sea, the waves upon the shore, the musical, strong waves,
  109. p. 279, line 2As rain falls from the heaven and vapors rise from earth, so have the precious values fallen upon thee and risen out of thee;
  110. p. 279, line 6Thou Prairie Dame that sittest in the middle and lookest out upon thy world, and lookest East and lookest West,
  111. p. 282, line 18And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,
  112. p. 286, line 2I do not see any of it upon you to-day, or perhaps I am deceiv'd,
  113. p. 293, line 11While upon all, convicts and armed keepers ere they stirr'd,
  114. p. 298, line 14They close peremptorily upon us to surround us, my comrade,
  115. p. 298, line 15Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and down till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the diverse eras,
  116. p. 303, line 7A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity, but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman;
  117. p. 308, line 4O fair auroral skies—O morning dew upon the grass!
  118. p. 308, line 23Thee coil'd in evil times my country, with craft and black dismay, with every meanness, treason thrust upon thee,
  119. p. 324, line 29The clouds already closing in upon me,
  120. p. 327, line 5I roll myself upon you as upon a bed, I resign myself to the dusk.
  121. p. 328, line 18I can but rush to the surf and let it drench me and freeze upon me.
  122. p. 329, line 17The more she look'd upon her she loved her,
  123. p. 333, line 21The corpse stretches on the bed and the living look upon it,
  124. p. 333, line 23The living look upon the corpse with their eyesight,
  125. p. 336, line 8He is one of those who are beautiful and happy, he is one of those that to look upon and be with is enough.
  126. p. 337, line 16How perfect the earth, and the minutest thing upon it!
  127. p. 344, line 10Softly I lay my right hand upon you, you just feel it,
  128. p. 349, line 23Scattering for good the cloud that hung so long, that weigh'd so long upon the mind of man,
  129. p. 351, line 2The livid cancer spread its hideous claws, clinging upon thy breasts, seeking to strike thee deep within,
  130. p. 355, line 15Stand at my side till I lean as high as I can upon you,
  131. p. 356, line 21A holy calm descends like dew upon me,
  132. p. 356, line 25Floating and basking upon heaven's lake.
  133. p. 358, line 8Utter defeat upon me weighs—all lost—the foe victorious,
  134. p. 361, line 21Discovering to-day there is no lie or form of lie, and can be none, but grows as inevitably upon itself as the truth does upon itself,
  135. p. 362, line 2Is it upon the ground, or in water or fire? or in the spirit of man? or in the meat and blood?
  136. p. 366, line 2Lag'd'st thou so long? shall the clouds close again upon thee?
  137. p. 368, line 11Or thou the man whom feudal Europe feted, venerable Asia swarm'd upon,
  138. p. 371, line 15The unperform'd, more gigantic than ever, advance, advance upon me.
  139. p. 380, line 10Depart upon thy endless cruise old Sailor.
  140. p. 381, line 13O crowding too close upon me,
  141. p. 389, line 15Or breathe one breath of yours upon my verse,
  142. p. 390, line 26By that long scan of waves, myself call'd back, resumed upon myself,
  143. p. 393, line 4Upon this scene, this show,
  144. p. 397, line 14And thus upon our journey, footing the road, and more than once, and link'd together let us go.)
  145. p. 412, line 2Two mighty masterful vessels sailers steal upon us:
  146. p. 412, line 3But we 'll make race a-time upon the seas—a battle-contest yet! bear lively there!
  147. p. 415, line 12Thou! pausing a moment, drooping thine eyes upon them, blent with their music,
  148. p. 415, line 25Sunshine upon the mountains—many a distant strain
  149. p. 418, line 26In which and upon which we float, and every one of us is buoy'd.
  150. p. 425, line 25[…] three-score-and-ten I live largely on memory,) I look upon "Leaves of Grass," now finish'd to the end of its […]
  151. p. 431, line 30[…] voice to. All, however, relate to and rest upon conditions, standards, politics, sociologies, ranges of belief, that have been […]
  152. p. 432, line 21[…] Leaves of Grass," and especially how I enter'd upon them. Dr. Bucke has, in his volume, already fully and […]
  153. p. 435, line 11[…] my poems from beginning to end to bear upon American individuality and assist it—not only because that is […]
  154. p. 435, line 30[…] the last majesty to him—something continually touch'd upon and attain'd by the old poems and ballads of feudalism […]
  155. p. 435, line 35[…] the reality is quite different. The new influences, upon the whole, are surely preparing the way for grander individualities […]
  156. p. 438, line 16[…] one will get at my verses who insists upon viewing them as a literary performance, or attempt at such […]