In his unconventional verse, Walt Whitman spoke in a powerful, sensual, oratorical, and inspiring voice. His most famous work, Leaves of Grass, was a long-term project that the poet compared to the building of a cathedral or the slow growth of a tree. During his lifetime, from 1819 to 1892, it went through nine editions. Today it is regarded as a landmark of American literature.This volume contains 24 poems from Leaves of Grass, offering a generous sampling of Whitman's best and most representative verses. Featured works include "I Hear America Singing," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Song of the Open Road," "Out of Cradle Endlessly Rocking," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," and "O Captain! My Captain!"?all reprinted from an authoritative text.

"FROM THE SECTION "Inscriptions" I Hear America SingingStarting from Paumanok"FROM THE SECTION "Children of Adam" I Sing the Body Electric Once I Pass'd through a Populous City"FROM THE SECTION "Calamus" Recorders Ages Hence I Hear It Was Charged against MeSalut au Monde!Song of the Open RoadCrossing Brooklyn FerrySong of the Broad-AxeSong of the Redwood-TreeA Song for OccupationsA Song of the Rolling Earth"FROM THE SECTION "Birds of Passage" Pioneers! O Pioneers!"FROM THE SECTION " Sea-Drift" Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"FROM THE SECTION "Drum-Taps" Beat! Beat! Drums! The Wound-Dresser"FROM THE SECTION "Memories of President Lincoln" When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd O Captain! My Captain!By Blue Ontario's ShorePassage to IndiaPrayer of Columbus"FROM THE SECTION "Whispers of Heavenly Death" A Noiseless Patient Spider"FROM THE SECTION "Songs of Parting" So Long!