America
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I POEMS OF WAR
THICK-SPRINKLED BUNTING
BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!
CITY OF SHIPS
A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN
COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER
A TWILIGHT SONG
A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM
YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME
FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE
SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK Poet O a new song, a free song,
THE DYING VETERAN ( A Long Island incident early part of the
THE WOUND-DRESSER 1 An old man bending I come among new faces,
DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS
FROM FAR DAKOTA'S CAnONS June 25, 1876. From far Dakota's
OLD WAR-DREAMS
DELICATE CLUSTER
TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN
ADIEU TO A SOLDIER
LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA
II POEMS OF AFTER-WAR
WEAVE IN, MY HARDY LIFE
HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE ( Washington City, 1865 ) How solemn
SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE ( Washington City, 1865 ) Spirit
THE RETURN OF THE HEROES 1 For the lands and for these
MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
HUSH'D BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY ( May 4, 1865 ) Hush'd be the camps
ASHES OF SOLDIERS
PENSIVE ON HER DEAD GAZING
III POEMS OF AMERICA
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING
PIONEERS! O PIONEERS!
SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE 1 Weapon shapely, naked, wan, Head from
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN 1 Give me the splendid silent
FACES
O MAGNET-SOUTH
BY BROAD POTOMAC'S SHORE
OUR OLD FEUILLAGE!
A BROADWAY PAGEANT 1 Over the Western sea hither from Niphon
THE PRAIRIE STATES
IV POEMS OF DEMOCRACY
TO FOREIGN LANDS
TO THEE OLD CAUSE
FOR YOU O DEMOCRACY
THOU MOTHER WITH THY EQUAL BROOD 1 Thou Mother with thy equal
WHAT BEST I SEE IN THEE
AS I WALK THESE BROAD MAJESTIC DAYS
THE UNITED STATES TO OLD WORLD CRITICS
YEARS OF THE MODERN
O STAR OF FRANCE 1870-71 O star of France, The brightness of
THOUGHTS 1 Of these years I sing, How they pass and have pass'd
BY BLUE ONTARIO'S SHORE 1 By blue Ontario's shore, As I mused
EPILOGUE
RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS 1 Rise O days from your
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