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Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
By Walt Whitman
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Immerse yourself in the profound reflections and vivid memories of a literary giant who witnessed the birth of a modern nation. From the haunting realities of Civil War hospitals to quiet meditations on nature and mortality, these essays offer an unparalleled window into a brilliant mind. The raw, unfiltered observations capture the pulse of a changing society and the deep empathy of a soul intimately connected to human suffering and resilience. These collected writings blend autobiography, philosophy, and history into a sweeping, majestic tapestry of American life. It is an intimate conversation with a visionary who sought to embrace the entirety of the human experience.
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Table of contents
1A HAPPY HOUR'S COMMAND
193THE SPANISH PEAKS—EVENING ON THE PLAINS
2ANSWER TO AN INSISTING FRIEND
194AMERICA'S CHARACTERISTIC LANDSCAPE
3GENEALOGY—VAN VELSOR AND WHITMAN
195EARTH'S MOST IMPORTANT STREAM
4THE OLD WHITMAN AND VAN VELSOR CEMETERIES
196PRAIRIE ANALOGIES—THE TREE QUESTION
5THE MATERNAL HOMESTEAD
197MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LITERATURE
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6TWO OLD FAMILY INTERIORS
198AN INTERVIEWER'S ITEM
7PAUMANOK, AND MY LIFE ON IT AS CHILD AND YOUNG MAN
199THE WOMEN OF THE WEST
8MY FIRST READING—LAFAYETTE
200THE SILENT GENERAL
9PRINTING OFFICE—OLD BROOKLYN
201PRESIDENT HAYES'S SPEECHES
10GROWTH—HEALTH—WORK
202ST. LOUIS MEMORANDA
11MY PASSION FOR FERRIES
203NIGHTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
12BROADWAY SIGHTS
204UPON OUR OWN LAND
13OMNIBUS JAUNTS AND DRIVERS
205EDGAR POE'S SIGNIFICANCE
14PLAYS AND OPERAS TOO
206BEETHOVEN'S SEPTETTE
15THROUGH EIGHT YEARS.
207A HINT OF WILD NATURE
16SOURCES OF CHARACTER—RESULTS—1860
208LOAFING IN THE WOODS
17OPENING OF THE SECESSION WAR
209A CONTRALTO VOICE
18NATIONAL UPRISING AND VOLUNTEERING
210SEEING NIAGARA TO ADVANTAGE
19CONTEMPTUOUS FEELING
211JAUNTING TO CANADA
20BATTLE OF BULL RUN, JULY, 1861
212SUNDAY WITH THE INSANE
21THE STUPOR PASSES—SOMETHING ELSE BEGINS
213REMINISCENCE OF ELIAS HICKS
22DOWN AT THE FRONT
214GRAND NATIVE GROWTH
23AFTER FIRST FREDERICKSBURG
215A ZOLLVEREIN BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA
24BACK TO WASHINGTON
216THE ST. LAWRENCE LINE
25FIFTY HOURS LEFT WOUNDED ON THE FIELD
217THE SAVAGE SAGUENAY
26HOSPITAL SCENES AND PERSONS
218CAPES ETERNITY AND TRINITY
27PATENT-OFFICE HOSPITAL
219CHICOUTIMI AND HA-HA BAY
28THE WHITE HOUSE BY MOONLIGHT
220THE INHABITANTS—GOOD LIVING
29AN ARMY HOSPITAL WARD
221DEATH OF THOMAS CARLYLE
30A CONNECTICUT CASE
222CARLYLE FROM AMERICAN POINTS OF VIEW
31TWO BROOKLYN BOYS
223A COUPLE OF OLD FRIENDS—A COLERIDGE BIT
32A SECESH BRAVE
224A WEEK'S VISIT TO BOSTON
33THE WOUNDED FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE
225THE BOSTON OF TO-DAY
34A NIGHT BATTLE OVER A WEEK SINCE
226MY TRIBUTE TO FOUR POETS
35UNNAMED REMAINS THE BRAVEST SOLDIER
227MILLET'S PICTURES LAST ITEMS
36SOME SPECIMEN CASES
228BIRDS—AND A CAUTION
37MY PREPARATIONS FOR VISITS
229SAMPLES OF MY COMMON-PLACE BOOK
38AMBULANCE PROCESSIONS
230MY NATIVE SAND AND SALT ONCE MORE
39BAD WOUNDS—THE YOUNG
231HOT WEATHER NEW YORK
40THE MOST INSPIRITING OF ALL WAR'S SHOWS
232CUSTER'S LAST RALLY
41BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
233SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES—MEMORIES
42A CAVALRY CAMP
234A DISCOVERY OF OLD AGE
43A NEW YORK SOLDIER
235A VISIT, AT THE LAST, TO R. W. EMERSON
44HOME-MADE MUSIC
236OTHER CONCORD NOTATIONS
45ABRAHAM LINCOLN
237BOSTON COMMON—MORE OF EMERSON
46HEATED TERM
238AN OSSIANIC NIGHT—DEAREST FRIENDS
47SOLDIERS AND TALKS
239ONLY A NEW FERRY-BOAT
48DEATH OF A WISCONSIN OFFICER
240DEATH OF LONGFELLOW
49HOSPITALS ENSEMBLE
241STARTING NEWSPAPERS
50A SILENT NIGHT RAMBLE
242THE GREAT UNREST OF WHICH WE ARE PART
51SPIRITUAL CHARACTERS AMONG THE SOLDIERS
243BY EMERSON'S GRAVE
52CATTLE DROVES ABOUT WASHINGTON
244AT PRESENT WRITING—PERSONAL
53HOSPITAL PERPLEXITY
245AFTER TRYING A CERTAIN BOOK
54DOWN AT THE FRONT
246FINAL CONFESSIONS—LITERARY TESTS
55PAYING THE BOUNTIES
247NATURE AND DEMOCRACY—MORALITY
56RUMORS, CHANGES, ETC.
248COLLECT
57VIRGINIA
249ONE OR TWO INDEX ITEMS
58SUMMER OF 1864
250DEMOCRATIC VISTAS (pt. 1)
59A NEW ARMY ORGANIZATION FIT FOR AMERICA
251DEMOCRATIC VISTAS (pt. 2)
60DEATH OF A HERO
252ORIGINS OF ATTEMPTED SECESSION
61HOSPITAL SCENES—INCIDENTS
253PREFACES TO "LEAVES OF GRASS"
62A YANKEE SOLDIER
254PREFACE, 1855 To first issue of Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, N.Y.
63UNION PRISONERS SOUTH
255PREFACE, 1872 To As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free Now Thou Mother with
64DESERTERS
256W. W.
65A GLIMPSE OF WAR'S HELL-SCENES
257POETRY TO-DAY IN AMERICA
66GIFTS—MONEY—DISCRIMINATION
258SHAKSPERE—THE FUTURE
67ITEMS FROM MY NOTE BOOKS
259A MEMORANDUM AT A VENTURE
68A CASE FROM SECOND BULL RUN
260DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN LECTURE
69ARMY SURGEONS—AID DEFICIENCIES
261TWO LETTERS
70THE BLUE EVERYWHERE
262I
71A MODEL HOSPITAL
263TO — — — LONDON, ENGLAND
72BOYS IN THE ARMY
264W. W.
73BURIAL OF A LADY NURSE
265II
74FEMALE NURSES FOR SOLDIERS
266TO — — — DRESDEN, SAXONY
75SOUTHERN ESCAPEES
267W. W.
76THE CAPITOL BY GAS-LIGHT
268NOTES LEFT OVER
77THE INAUGURATION
269EMERSON'S BOOKS, (THE SHADOWS OF THEM)
78ATTITUDE OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS DURING THE WAR
270VENTURES, ON AN OLD THEME
79THE WEATHER—DOES IT SYMPATHIZE WITH THESE TIMES?
271A DIALOGUE—
80INAUGURATION BALL
272BRITISH LITERATURE
81SCENE AT THE CAPITOL
273DARWINISM—(THEN FURTHERMORE)
82A YANKEE ANTIQUE
274"SOCIETY"
83WOUNDS AND DISEASES
275DEMOCRACY IN THE NEW WORLD
84DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN
276FOUNDATION STAGES—THEN OTHERS
85SHERMAN'S ARMY'S JUBILATION—ITS SUDDEN STOPPAGE
277GENERAL SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, ETC.
86NO GOOD PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN
278WHO GETS THE PLUNDER?
87RELEAS'D UNION PRISONERS FROM SOUTH
279FRIENDSHIP, (THE REAL ARTICLE)
88DEATH OF A PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIER
280LACKS AND WANTS YET
89W. W.
281RULERS STRICTLY OUT OF THE MASSES
90THE ARMIES RETURNING
282MONUMENTS—THE PAST AND PRESENT
91THE GRAND REVIEW
283LITTLE OR NOTHING NEW, AFTER ALL
92WESTERN SOLDIERS
284A LINCOLN REMINISCENCE
93A SOLDIER ON LINCOLN
285FREEDOM
94TWO BROTHERS, ONE SOUTH, ONE NORTH
286BOOK-CLASSES—AMERICA'S LITERATURE
95SOME SAD CASES YET
287OUR REAL CULMINATION
96CALHOUN'S REAL MONUMENT
288AN AMERICAN PROBLEM
97HOSPITALS CLOSING
289THE LAST COLLECTIVE COMPACTION
98TYPICAL SOLDIERS
290APPENDIX
99"CONVULSIVENESS"
291PIECES IN EARLY YOUTH
100THREE YEARS SUMM'D UP
2921834-'42
101THE MILLION DEAD, TOO, SUMM'D UP
293PAUMANOK.
102THE REAL WAR WILL NEVER GET IN THE BOOKS
294ONE WICKED IMPULSE
103AN INTERREGNUM PARAGRAPH
295THE LAST LOYALIST
104NEW THEMES ENTERED UPON
296WILD FRANK'S RETURN
105ENTERING A LONG FARM-LANE
297THE BOY LOVER
106TO THE SPRING AND BROOK
298THE CHILD AND THE PROFLIGATE
107AN EARLY SUMMER REVEILLE
299LINGAVE'S TEMPTATION
108BIRDS MIGRATING AT MIDNIGHT
300LITTLE JANE
109BUMBLE-BEES
301DUMB KATE
110CEDAR-APPLES
302TALK TO AN ART-UNION
111SUMMER SIGHTS AND INDOLENCIES
303BLOOD-MONEY
112SUNDOWN PERFUME—QUAILNOTES—THE HERMIT-THRUSH
304I.
113A JULY AFTER-NOON BY THE POND
305II
114LOCUSTS AND KATY-DIDS
306WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF FRIENDS
115THE LESSON OF A TREE
307SAILING THE MISSISSIPPI AT MIDNIGHT
116AUTUMN SIDE-BITS
308NOVEMBER BOUGHS
117THE SKY—DAYS AND NIGHTS—HAPPINESS
309OUR EMINENT VISITORS
118COLORS—A CONTRAST
310THE BIBLE AS POETRY
119NOVEMBER 8, '76
311FATHER TAYLOR (AND ORATORY)
120CROWS AND CROWS
312THE SPANISH ELEMENT IN OUR NATIONALITY: WALT WHITMAN.
121A WINTER DAY ON THE SEA-BEACH
313WHAT LURKS BEHIND SHAKSPERE'S HISTORICAL PLAYS
122SEA-SHORE FANCIES
314A THOUGHT ON SHAKSPERE
123IN MEMORY OF THOMAS PAINE.
315ROBERT BURNS AS POET AND PERSON
124A TWO HOURS ICE-SAIL
316A WORD ABOUT TENNYSON
125SPRING OVERTURES—RECREATIONS
317SLANG IN AMERICA
126ONE OF THE HUMAN KINKS
318AN INDIAN BUREAU REMINISCENCE
127AN AFTERNOON SCENE
319SOME DIARY NOTES AT RANDOM
128THE GATES OPENING
320NEGRO SLAVES IN NEW YORK
129THE COMMON EARTH, THE SOIL
321COUNTRY DAYS AND NIGHTS—
130BIRDS AND BIRDS AND BIRDS
322CENTRAL PARK NOTES
131FULL-STARR'D NIGHTS
323PLATE GLASS NOTES
132MULLEINS AND MULLEINS
324SOME WAR MEMORANDA
133DISTANT SOUNDS
325WASHINGTON STREET SCENES
134A SUN-BATH-NAKEDNESS
326THE 195TH PENNSYLVANIA
135THE OAKS AND I
327LEFT-HAND WRITING BY SOLDIERS
136A QUINTETTE
328CENTRAL VIRGINIA IN '64
137THE FIRST FROST—MEMS
329PAYING THE 1ST U. S. C. T.
138THREE YOUNG MEN'S DEATHS
330FIVE THOUSAND POEMS
139FEBRUARY DAYS
331THE OLD BOWERY
140A MEADOW LARK
332NOTES TO LATE ENGLISH BOOKS
141SUNDOWN LIGHTS
333PREFACE TO THE READER IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS—"Specimen Days in: ADDITIONAL NOTE, 1887
142THOUGHTS UNDER AN OAK—A DREAM
334PREFACE TO "DEMOCRATIC VISTAS" WITH OTHER PAPERS—English Edition: WALT WHITMAN,
143CLOVER AND HAY PERFUME
335ABRAHAM LINCOLN
144AN UNKNOWN
336NEW ORLEANS IN 1848
145BIRD-WHISTLING
337SMALL MEMORANDA
146HORSE-MINT
338NOTE TO A FRIEND
147THREE OF US
339W.W.
148DEATH OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
340WRITTEN IMPROMPTU IN AN ALBUM
149JAUNT UP THE HUDSON
341W.W.
150HAPPINESS AND RASPBERRIES
342THE PLACE GRATITUDE FILLS IN A FINE CHARACTER
151A SPECIMEN TRAMP FAMILY
343LAST OF THE WAR CASES
152MANHATTAN FROM THE BAY
344ELIAS HICKS
153HUMAN AND HEROIC NEW YORK
345GEORGE FOX (AND SHAKSPERE)
154HOURS FOR THE SOUL
346GOOD-BYE MY FANCY
155STRAW-COLOR'D AND OTHER PSYCHES
347AN OLD MAN'S REJOINDER
156A NIGHT REMEMBRANCE
348OLD POETS
157WILD FLOWERS
349SHIP AHOY
158A CIVILITY TOO LONG NEGLECTED
350FOR QUEEN VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY
159DELAWARE RIVER—DAYS AND NIGHTS
351AMERICAN NATIONAL LITERATURE: GATHERING THE CORN
160SCENES ON FERRY AND RIVER—LAST WINTER'S NIGHTS
352A DEATH-BOUQUET
161THE FIRST SPRING DAY ON CHESTNUT STREET
353SOME LAGGARDS YET
162UP THE HUDSON TO ULSTER COUNTY
354THE PERFECT HUMAN VOICE
163DAYS AT J. B.'S TURF-FIRES—SPRING SONGS
355SHAKSPERE FOR AMERICA
164MEETING A HERMIT
356"UNASSAIL'D RENOWN"
165AN ULSTER COUNTY WATERFALL
357INSCRIPTION FOR A LITTLE BOOK ON GIORDANO BRUNO
166WALTER DUMONT AND HIS MEDAL
358SPLINTERS
167HUDSON RIVER SIGHTS
359HEALTH, (OLD STYLE)
168TWO CITY AREAS, CERTAIN HOURS
360GAY-HEARTEDNESS
169CENTRAL PARK WALKS AND TALKS
361AS IN A SWOON.
170A FINE AFTERNOON, 4 TO 6
362L. OF G.
171DEPARTING OF THE BIG STEAMERS
363AFTER THE ARGUMENT.
172TWO HOURS ON THE MINNESOTA
364FOR US TWO, READER DEAR.
173MATURE SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS
365MEMORANDA
174EXPOSITION BUILDING—NEW CITY HALL—RIVER TRIP
366A WORLD'S SHOW
175SWALLOWS ON THE RIVER
367NEW YORK—THE BAY—THE OLD NAME
176BEGIN A LONG JAUNT WEST
368A SICK SPELL
177IN THE SLEEPER
369TO BE PRESENT ONLY
178MISSOURI STATE
370"INTESTINAL AGITATION"
179LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA, KANSAS
371"WALT WHITMAN'S LAST 'PUBLIC'"
180ON TO DENVER—A FRONTIER INCIDENT
372INGERSOLL'S SPEECH
181AN HOUR ON KENOSHA SUMMIT
373FEELING FAIRLY
182AN EGOTISTICAL "FIND"
374OLD BROOKLYN DAYS
183NEW SENSES: NEW JOYS
375TWO QUESTIONS
184STEAM-POWER, TELEGRAPHS, ETC
376PREFACE
185AMERICA'S BACK-BONE
377AN ENGINEER'S OBITUARY
186THE PARKS
378W. W.
187ART FEATURES
379OLD ACTORS, SINGERS, SHOWS, &C., IN NEW YORK
188DENVER IMPRESSIONS
380SOME PERSONAL AND OLD-AGE JOTTINGS
189I TURN SOUTH AND THEN EAST AGAIN
381OUT IN THE OPEN AGAIN
190UNFULFILLED WANTS—THE ARKANSAS RIVER
382AMERICA'S BULK AVERAGE
191A SILENT LITTLE FOLLOWER-THE COREOPSIS
383LAST SAVED ITEMS
192THE PRAIRIES AND GREAT PLAINS IN POETRY
384IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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