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Excerpt from Memories of President Lincoln: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, O Captain! My Captain, Hush'd Be the Camps to-Day, This Dust Was Once the Man About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pr...

Excerpt from Leaves of GrassOut of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals We Two, How Long We were Fool'd O Hymenl O Hymenee!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the origina...

Excerpt from Democratic Vistas, and Other PapersSeveral of the pieces are ostensibly in explanation of my own writings but in that very process they best include and set forth their side of principles and general ities pressing vehemently for consideration our age.Upon the whole, it is on the atmosphere they are born in, and, (i hope) give out, more than any specific piece or trait, I would care to rest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publi...

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Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Letters and Manuscripts Written by Walt Whitman: In the Library of George M. Williamson, Grand View on HudsonN bringing together the following books, letters, and manuscripts of Walt Whitman, I have endeavored to collect each edition from the first Brooklyn, 1855, to and including the Boston edition of 1897, and ending with a facsimile of the title page of the Bible given to Thomas Donaldson.Abo...

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Excerpt from The Complete Prose Works of Walt Whitman, Vol. 5 Written on the ¿y leaf of a copy of Specimen Days sent to Peter Doyle at Washington, fnne, 188 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...

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Excerpt from The Poetry of the Future The same of feudalism, its castles, courts, etiquettes, wars, personalities. However they, or the spirits of them hovering in the air, might scowl and glower at such removes as current Kansas or Kentucky life and forms, the latter may by no means repudiate or leave out the former. Allowing all the evil that it did, we get, here and to-day, a balance of good out of its reminiscence almost beyond price. Am...

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Excerpt from Selections From the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman: Edited With an IntroductionThe aim of tbe editor of this volume bas been to mate a representative selection from tbc prose and poetical writ ings of Walt Wbitman. He bas tried to select, not wbat from a conventional point of view would be called tbe best of Whitman, but ratber what is most cbaracteristic in bis writings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of t...

Walt Whitman was the most innovative and influential poet of the nineteenth century. His examination of the world around him -- from the intimate to the cosmic -- transcends time and place. His verse, though seemingly personal, lends a voice to the entire human race that speaks for universal harmony, universal love. This beautiful sampling of Whitman's work offers a glimpse into his themes of love for country, love for others, and deepening ou...

Originally composed in 1873, Whitman's evocative poem is beautifully and timelessly recast by "New York Times" bestselling illustrator Loren Long to tell the story of a young boy who dreams of outer space. Full color.

Excerpt from The Gathering of the Forces, Vol. 1 of 2Here are the sensations and their consequent impressions, the ideals and their inevitable penalties. Discoveries are here sudden, strange meanings, unimagined nobilities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-...

Excerpt from Specimen Days and Collect By Emerson's Grave. At Present Writing - Personal After Trying a Certain Book, Final Confessions - Literary Tests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving th...

Whitman employs the cadence of simple, even idiomatic speech to "sing" national identity. Throughout his prolific career, Whitman continually revised and expanded" Leaves of Grass, which went through nine editions. This volume include the first edition, the final, authorized "Death-Bed" edition, and selections of the best poems from preceding editions and other sources.

Excerpt from GrashalmeIn der Literatur sind es drei Einzelerscheinungen von besonderer Prägung, welche diese Unabhängigkeit gegenüber der europäischen Geisteskultur am deutlichsten verkörpern: Emerson, Thoreau und Whit man. Denn man kann von den übrigen amerikanischen Schriftstellern wohl ohne Widerspruch behaupten: sie hätten auch Europäer sein können. Diese Behauptung bedarf keiner eingehenden Begrundung bei den feinfühligen und formreinen E...