Poetic Openings : Walt Whitman to Walt Whitman
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : Still, Though The One I Sing :
First Line : STILL, though the one I sing,
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : Tears :
First Line : TEARS! tears! tears!
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : Tests :
First Line : ALL submit to them, where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable to
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : That Last Invocation :
First Line : AT the last, tenderly,
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : That Music Always Round Me :
First Line : THAT music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning--yet long untaught
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : That Shadow, My Likeness :
First Line : THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood,
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : The Artilleryman's Vision :
First Line : WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long,
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : The Base Of All Metaphysics :
First Line : AND now, gentlemen,
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : The Centerarian's Story :
First Line : GIVE me your hand, old Revolutionary;
Poet : Walt Whitman :
Poem : The City Dead-house :
First Line : BY the City Dead-House, by the gate,
