Whitman: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) [Hardcover]

Walt Whitman (Author)

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Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets | Publication Date: October 18, 1994

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Whitman contains forty-two of the American master's poems, including "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "Song of Myself," "I Hear America Singing," "Halcyon Days," and an index of first lines.

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Among The Multitude
An Army Corps On The March
As I Lay With My Head In Your Lap Camerado
Cavalry Crossing A Ford
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
The Dalliance Of The Eagles
A Glimpse
Halcyon Days
A Hand-mirror
I Hear America Singing
I Saw In Louisiana A Live-oak Growing
Me Imperturbe
My Picture-gallery
Native Moments
A Noiseless Patient Spider
O Tan-faced Prairie-boy
Old Salt Kossabone
Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Passage To India
Perfections
Poets To Come
Reconciliation
Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone
The Runner
A Sight In Camp In The Daybreak Gray And Dim
The Sleepers
So Long!
Sometimes With One I Love
Song Of Myself
Starting From Paumanok
There Was A Child Went Forth
These Carols
To A Stranger
A Twilight Song
Vigil Strange I Kept On The Field One Night
When I Heard At The Close Of The Day
When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed
Whispers Of Heavenly Death
Whoever You Are Holding Me Now In Hand
The Wound-dresser
Youth, Day, Old Age And Night
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Whitman contains forty-two of the American master's poems, including "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "Song of Myself," "I Hear America Singing," "Halcyon Days," and an index of first lines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Everyman's Library; 2nd prt. edition (October 18, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679436324
• ISBN-13: 978-0679436324
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.7 x 6.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not a perfect selection, but very close and perfect for carrying, January 21, 2008

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This review is from: Whitman: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Hardcover)

Any selection of a great poet is going to leave any fan of that poet disappointed. With Whitman this is complicated by the 1855 LEAVES OF GRASS with the 1891-92 LEAVES OF GRASS. Many prefer the 1855 version of "Song of Myself." This collection uses the 1891-92 versions of the poems. I will confess that I prefer the later versions in almost every instance. For instance, I much prefer the later version of the accounting of the John Paul Jones victory over the British in "Song of Myself" XXXV.

The poems that I particularly regretted not being included in this are "Song of the Open Road" and "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." There are others, but those are two I often read. But to be fair, most of Whitman's great work is contained in two poems, the magisterial "Song of Myself" and the passionate "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." I've never warmed up to such old chestnuts as "I Hear America Singing" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," but I can and have read "Song of Myself" and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" countless times. In fact, the reason I wanted a highly portable, but attractive edition of Whitman's poems was so that I could carry it about with me. One of the few books that I've come very close to wearing out (and I treat my books with great care) is the Library of America edition of Whitman's poetry and prose. But it simply doesn't fit into a messenger bag. This lovely little Everyman edition does.

So while this slender little volume doesn't quite have my ideal collection of Whitman's poems, it does at least have the most essential. And the book itself is lovely and inviting. I heartily recommend it to anyone desiring a choice selection of Whitman's poetry to carry with them either into the woods or onto a commuter train.