Walt Whitman's Poetry: A Study & a Selection

actual adoration animal artistic aspiration average Behold breath carol chant coffin comrades comradeship dark deifies Democracy desire divine doctrine doubt dream earth emotion escape evil eyes faith feelings formless grass hand heart Heavenly Death hope and faith human humility ideal beauty idealising its object Imitation of Christ influence land Leaves of Grass light lilac look upward matest May-be meaning mediæval moon Nature's never night one's optimism ourselves outward growth outward Nature overflow Passage to India passing passion perfect poem poetic political prairies prophet raptures reverence rising sail self-conscious poet sense ship shore silent sing singer song soul of things SPIRIT THAT FORM'D spiritual stars strong struggle struggles upward Suez canal swamp tears thee theory thine thou thought thy dream tion tree universal equality vast veil verse voyage Walt Whitman warble waves Whitman Whitman's poetry whole wild wind words