This collection remains the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets-a passionate man who loved his country and wrote of it as no other has ever done.
Introduction and CelebrationviiSuggestions for Further ReadingxxxixFacsimile Frontispiece2Facsimile Title Page3Whitman's Preface5Song of Myself28A Song for Occupations97To Think of Time109The Sleepers117I Sing the Body Electric129Faces137Song of the Answerer142Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States146A Boston Ballad148There Was a Child Went Forth151Who Learns My Lesson Complete?154Great Are the Myths156