Leaves of Grass

CONTENTSBOOK I. INSCRIPTIONSOne’s-Self I SingAs I Ponder’d in SilenceIn Cabin’d Ships at SeaTo Foreign LandsTo a HistorianTo Thee Old CauseEidolonsFor Him I SingWhen I Read the BookBeginning My StudiesBeginnersTo the StatesOn Journeys Through the StatesTo a Certain CantatriceMe ImperturbeSavantismThe Ship StartingI Hear America SingingWhat Place Is Besieged?Still Though the One I SingShut Not Your DoorsPoets to ComeTo YouThou ReaderBOOK II.BOOK III.BOOK IV. CHILDREN OF ADAMFrom Pent-Up Aching RiversI Sing the Body ElectricA Woman Waits for MeSpontaneous MeOne Hour to Madness and JoyOut of the Rolling Ocean the CrowdAges and Ages Returning at IntervalsWe Two, How Long We Were Fool’dO Hymen! O Hymenee!I Am He That Aches with LoveNative MomentsOnce I Pass’d Through a Populous CityI Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the OrganFacing West from California’s ShoresAs Adam Early in the MorningBOOK V.

Song of Myself

In Paths Untrodden

Song of the Open Road

Song of the Answerer