Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Song of the Universal, by Walt Whitman

1 Come said the Muse,
Sing me a song no poe...

Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here, by Walt Whitman

Soon shall the winter's foil be here;
Soon sh...

Spontaneous Me, by Walt Whitman

Spontaneous me, Nature,
The loving day, the...

Starting from Paumanok, by Walt Whitman

1 Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I w...

Tears, by Walt Whitman

Tears! Tears! Tears!
In the night, in solitu...

There Was a Child Went Forth, by Walt Whitman

There was a child went forth every day,
And t...

These I Singing in Spring, by Walt Whitman

These I singing in spring collect for lovers,
...

This Compost, by Walt Whitman

1 Something startles me where I thought I was...

Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood, by Walt Whitman

1 Thou Mother with thy equal brood,
Thou va...

To the Man-of-War-Bird, by Walt Whitman

Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm,
...

To Think of Time, by Walt Whitman

1 To think of time--of all that retrospection...

Wandering at Morn, by Walt Whitman

Wandering at morn,
Emerging from the night fr...

Warble for Lilac-Time, by Walt Whitman

Warble me now for joy of lilac-time, (returnin...

We Two, How Long We Were Fooled, by Walt Whitman

We two, how long we were fool'd,
Now transmu...

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, by Walt Whitman

1 When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,
...

With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!, by Walt Whitman

With husky-haughty lips, O sea!
Where day and...

The World Below the Brine, by Walt Whitman

The world below the brine,
Forests at the bot...

The Wound-Dresser, by Walt Whitman

1 An old man bending I come among new faces, ...

The Affliction of Margaret, by William Wordsworth

I Where art thou, my beloved Son,
Where ar...

Alice Fell; or, Poverty, by William Wordsworth

The post-boy drove with fierce career,
For th...

Anecdote for Fathers, by William Wordsworth

I have a boy of five years old;
His face is f...

Beggars, by William Wordsworth

She had a tall man's height or more;
Her face...

The Blind Highland Boy, by William Wordsworth

Now we are tired of boisterous joy,
Have romp...

The Childless Father, by William Wordsworth

"Up, Timothy, up with your staff and away!
N...

The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman, by William Wordsworth

I Before I see another day,
Oh let my body ...