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11O to make the most jubilant song!<b>1</b>
22Full of music -- full of manhood, womanhood, infancy!O to make the most jubilant poem!
33Full of common employments -- full of grain and trees.Even to set off these, and merge with these, the carols of Death.
44O full of music! full of manhood, womanhood, infancy!
55O for the voices of animals -- O for the swiftness Full of common employments! full of grain and trees.
66 and balance of fishes!
77O for the dropping of raindrops in a song!O for the voices of animals! O for the swiftness and balance of fishes!
88O for the sunshine and motion of waves in a song!O for the dropping of rain-drops in a poem!
99O for the sunshine, and motion of waves in a poem.
1010O the joy of my spirit -- it is uncaged -- it darts like lightning!
1111It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time,O the joy of my spirit! it is uncaged! it darts like lightning!
1212I will have thousands of globes and all time.It is not enough to have this globe, or a certain time --
1313 I will have thousands of globes, and all time.
1414O the engineer's joys! to go with a locomotive!
1515To hear the hiss of steam, the merry shriek, the steam-whistle, <b>2</b>
16O the engineer's joys!
17To go with a locomotive!
18To hear the hiss of steam -- the merry shriek -- the steam-whistle --
1619 the laughing locomotive! the laughing locomotive!
1720To push with resistless way and speed off in the distance.To push with resistless way, and speed off in the distance.
1821
1922O the gleesome saunter over fields and hillsides!O the gleesome saunter over fields and hill-sides!
2023The leaves and flowers of the commonest weeds, the moist freshThe leaves and flowers of the commonest weeds --
2124 stillness of the woods, the moist fresh stillness of the woods,
2225The exquisite smell of the earth at daybreak, The exquisite smell of the earth at day-break, and all through the forenoon.
2326 and all through the forenoon.
24
2527O the horseman's and horsewoman's joys!O the horseman's and horsewoman's joys!
2628The saddle, the gallop, the pressure upon the seat, the coolThe saddle -- the gallop -- the pressure upon the seat --
2729 gurgling by the ears and hair. the cool gurgling by the ears and hair.
2830
31<b>3</b>
2932O the fireman's joys!O the fireman's joys!
3033I hear the alarm at dead of night,I hear the alarm at dead of night,
3134I hear bells, shouts! I pass the crowd, I run!I hear bells -- shouts! -- I pass the crowd -- I run!
3235The sight of the flames maddens me with pleasure.The sight of the flames maddens me with pleasure.
3336
3437O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena,
3538 in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
3639 opponent.
3740O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human Soul
3841O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human is capable of generating and emitting in steady and limitless floods.
3942soul is capable of generating and emitting in steady and
4043 limitless floods.<b>4</B>
41
4244O the mother's joys!O the mother's joys!
4345The watching, the endurance, the precious love, the anguish, The watching -- the endurance -- the precious love -- the anguish --
4446 the patiently yielded life. the patiently yielded life.
4547
4648O the of increase, growth, recuperation,O the joy of increase, growth, recuperation;
4749The joy of soothing and pacifying, the joy of concord and harmony.The joy of soothing and pacifying -- the joy of concord and harmony.
4850
4951O to go back to the place where I was born,O to go back to the place where I was born!
5052To hear the birds sing once more,To hear the birds sing once more!
5153To ramble about the house and barn and over the fields once more,To ramble about the house and barn, and over the fields, once more,
5254And through the orchard and along the old lanes once more.And through the orchard and along the old lanes once more.
5355
5456O to have been brought up on bays, lagoons, creeks, or along the<b>5</b>
5557coast,O male and female!
5658To continue and be employ'd there all my life,O the presence of women! (I swear there is nothing more exquisite to me
5759The briny and damp smell, the shore, the salt weeds exposed at low than the mere presence of women;)
5860water,O for the girl, my mate! O for the happiness with my mate!
5961The work of fishermen, the work of the eel-fisher and clam-fisher;O the young man as I pass! O I am sick after the friendship of him
6062I come with my clam-rake and spade, I come with my eel-spear, who, I fear, is indifferent to me.
6163Is the tide out? I Join the group of clam-diggers on the flats,
6264I laugh and work with them, I joke at my work like a mettlesomeO the streets of cities!
6365young man;The flitting faces -- the expressions, eyes, feet, costumes!
6466In winter I take my eel-basket and eel-spear and travel out on foot O I cannot tell how welcome they are to me.
6567on the ice -- I have a small axe to cut holes in the ice,
6668Behold me well-clothed going gayly or returning in the afternoon,<b>6</b>
6769my brood of tough boys accompanying me,O to have been brought up on bays, lagoons, creeks, or along the coast!
6870My brood of grown and part-grown boys, who love to be with noO to continue and be employ'd there all my life!
6971one else so well as they love to be with me,O the briny and damp smell -- the shore -- the salt weeds exposed at low water,
72The work of fishermen -- the work of the eel-fisher and clam-fisher.
73
74O it is I!
75I come with my clam-rake and spade! I come with my eel-spear;
76Is the tide out? I join the group of clam-diggers on the flats,
77I laugh and work with them -- I joke at my work, like a mettlesome young man.
78
79In winter I take my eel-basket and eel-spear and travel out
80 on foot on the ice -- I have a small axe to cut holes in the ice;
81Behold me, well-clothed, going gaily, or returning in the afternoon --
82 my brood of tough boys accompaning me,
83My brood of grown and part-grown boys, who love to be with no one else
84 so well as they love to be with me,
7085By day to work with me, and by night to sleep with me.By day to work with me, and by night to sleep with me.
7186
7287Another time in warm weather out in a boat, to lift the lobster-potsOr, another time, in warm weather, out in a boat, to lift the lobster-pots,
7388where they are sunk with heavy stones, (I know the buoys,) where they are sunk with heavy stones, (I know the buoys;)
7489O the sweetness of the Fifth-month morning upon the water as I rowO the sweetness of the Fifth-month morning upon the water, as I row,
7590just before sunrise toward the buoys, just before sunrise, toward the buoys;
7691I pull the wicker pots up slantingly, the dark green lobsters areI pull the wicker pots up slantingly -- the dark-green lobsters
7792desperate with their claws as I take them out, I insert are desperate with their claws, as I take them out --
7893wooden pegs in the 'oints of their pincers, I insert wooden pegs in the joints of their pincers,
7994I go to all the places, one after another, and then row back to the shore,
8095I go to all the places one after another, and then row back to theThere, in a huge kettle of boiling water, the lobsters shall be boil'd
8196shore, till their color becomes scarlet.
8297There in a huge kettle of boiling water the lobsters shall be boil'd
8398till their color becomes scarlet.Or, another time, mackerel-taking,
8499Voracious, mad for the hook, near the surface,
85100Another time mackerel-taking, they seem to fill the water for miles:
86101Voracious, mad for the hook, near the surface, they seem to fill theOr, another time, fishing for rock-fish, in Chesapeake Bay --
87102water for miles; I one of the brown-faced crew:
88103Another time fishing for rock-fish in Chesapeake bay, I one of theOr, another time, trailing for blue-fish off Paumanok,
89104brown-faced crew; I stand with braced body,
90105Another time trailing for blue-fish off Paumanok, I stand withMy left foot is on the gunwale -- my right arm throws the coils
91106braced body, of slender rope,
92107My left foot is on the gunwale, my right arm throws far out theIn sight around me the quick veering and darting of fifty skiffs,
93108coils of slender rope, my companions.
94109In sight around me the quick veering and darting of fifty skiffs, my
95110companions.<b>7</b>
96111O boating on the rivers!
97112O boating on the rivers,The voyage down the Niagara, (the St. Lawrence,) --
98113The voyage down the St. Lawrence, the superb scenery, the steamers, the superb scenery -- the steamers,
99114The ships sailing, the Thousand Islands, the occasional timber-raftThe ships sailing -- the Thousand Islands -- the occasional timber-raft,
100115and the raftsmen with long-reaching sweep-oars, and the raftsmen with long-reaching sweep-oars,
101116The little huts on the rafts, and the stream of smoke when they cookThe little huts on the rafts, and the stream of smoke
102117supper at evening. when they cook their supper at evening.
103118
104119(O something pernicious and dread!O something pernicious and dread!
105120Something far away from a puny and pious life!Something far away from a puny and pious life!
106121Something unproved! something in a trance!Something unproved! Something in a trance!
107122Something escaped from the anchorage and driving free.)Something escaped from the anchorage, and driving free.
108123
109124O to work in mines, or forging iron,O to work in mines, or forging iron!
110125Foundry casting, the foundry itself, the rude high roof, the ampleFoundry casting -- the foundry itself -- the rude high roof --
111126and shadow'd space, the ample and shadow'd space,
112127The furnace, the hot liquid pour'd out and running.The furnace -- the hot liquid pour'd out and running.
113128
114129O to resume the joys of the soldier!<b>8</b>
115130To feel the presence of a brave commanding officer -- O to resume the joys of the soldier:
116131 to feel his sympathy!To feel the presence of a brave general! to feel his sympathy!
117132To behold his calmness-to be warm'd in the rays of his smile!To behold his calmness! to be warm'd in the rays of his smile!
118133To go to battle -- to hear the bugles play and the drums beat!To go to battle! to hear the bugles play, and the drums beat!
119134To hear the crash of artillery -- to see the glitteringTo hear the crash of artillery! to see the glittering
120135 of the bayonets and musket-barrels in the sun! of the bayonets and musket-barrels in the sun!
121136To see men fall and die, and not complain!
122137To see men fall and die and not complain!To taste the savage taste of blood! to be so devilish!
123To taste the savage taste of blood -- to be so devilish!
124138To gloat so over the wounds and deaths of the enemy.To gloat so over the wounds and deaths of the enemy.
125139
140<b>9</b>
126141O the whaleman's joys! O I cruise my old cruise again!O the whaleman's joys! O I cruise my old cruise again!
127142I feel the ship's motion under me,I feel the ship's motion under me -- I feel the Atlantic breezes fanning me,
128143 I feel the Atlantic breezes fanning me,I hear the cry again sent down from the mast-head -- There -- she blows!
129144I hear the cry again sent down from the mast-head, -- Again I spring up the rigging, to look with the rest -- We see --
130145There -- she blows! we descend, wild with excitement,
131146Again I spring up the rigging to look with the rest -- we descend,I leap in the lower'd boat -- We row toward our prey, where he lies,
132147 wild with excitement,We approach, stealthy and silent -- I see the mountainous mass,
133148I leap in the lower'd boat, we row toward our prey where he lies, lethargic, basking,
134149We approach stealthy and silent, I see the mountainous mass,I see the harpooneer standing up -- I see the weapon dart
135150 lethargic, basking, from his vigorous arm:
136151I see the harpooneer standing up, I see the weapon dart O swift, again, now, far out in the ocean, the wounded whale,
137152 from his vigorous arm; settling, running to windward, tows me;
138153O swift again far out in the ocean the wounded whale, settling, -- Again I see him rise to breathe -- We row close again,
139154running to windward, tows me,I see a lance driven through his side, press'd deep, turn'd in the wound,
140155Again I see him rise to breathe, we row close again,Again we back off -- I see him settle again -- the life is leaving him fast,
141156I see a lance driven through his side, press'd deep, As he rises, he spouts blood -- I see him swim in circles
142157 turn'd in the wound, narrower and narrower, swiftly cutting the water -- I see him die;
143158Again we back off, I see him settle again, He gives one convulsive leap in the centre of the circle,
144159 the life is leaving him fast, and then falls flat and still in the bloody foam.
145160As he rises he spouts blood, I see him swim in circles narrower and
146161narrower, swiftly cutting the water -- I see him die,<b>10</b>
147162He gives one convulsive leap in the centre of thearth.O the old manhood of me, my joy!
148163My children and grand-children -- my white hair and beard,
149164Knowist thou the excellent joys of youth?My largeness, calmness, majesty, out of the long stretch of my life.
150165Joys of the dear companions and of the merry word and laughing face?
151166Joy of the glad light-beaming day, joy of the wide-breath'd games?O the ripen'd joy of womanhood!
152167Joy of sweet music, joy of the lighted ball-room and the dancers?O perfect happiness at last!
153168Joy of the plenteous dinner, strong carouse and drinking?I am more than eighty years of age -- my hair, too, is pure white --
154169 I am the most venerable mother;
155170Yet O my soul supreme!How clear is my mind! how all people draw nigh to me!
156171Knowist thou the joys of pensive thought?What attractions are these, beyond any before? what bloom,
157172Joys of the free and lonesome heart, the tender, gloomy heart? more than the bloom of youth?
158173Joys of the solitary walk, the spirit bow'd yet proud, What beauty is this that descends upon me, and rises out of me?
159174 the suffering and the struggle?
160175The agonistic throes, the ecstasies, joys of the solemn musings O the orator's joys!
161176 day or night?To inflate the chest -- to roll the thunder of the voice out
162177Joys of the thought of Death, the great spheres Time and Space? from the ribs and throat,
163178Prophetic joys of better, loftier love's ideals, the divine wife,To make the people rage, weep, hate, desire, with yourself,
164179the sweet, eternal, perfect comrade?To lead America -- to quell America with a great tongue.
165180Joys all thine own undying one, joys worthy thee O soul.
166181O the joy of my soul leaning pois'd on itself -- receiving identity
167182O while I live to be the ruler of life, not a slave, through materials, and loving them -- observing characters,
168183To meet life as a powerful conqueror, and absorbing them;
169184No fumes, no ennui, no more complaints or scornful criticisms,O my soul, vibrated back to me, from them --
170185To these proud laws of the air, the water and the ground, proving from facts, sight, hearing, touch, my phrenology, reason, articulation,
171186my interior soul impregnable, comparison, memory, and the like;
172187And nothing exterior shall ever take command of me.The real life of my senses and flesh, transcending my senses and flesh;
173188My body, done with materials -- my sight, done with my material eyes;
174189For not life's joys alone I sing, repeating -- the joy of death!Proved to me this day, beyond cavil, that it is not my material eyes
190 which finally see,
191Nor my material body which finally loves, walks, laughs,
192 shouts, embraces, procreates.
193
194<b>11</b>
195O the farmer's joys!
196Ohioan's, Illinoisian's, Wisconsinese', Kanadian's, Iowan's,
197 Kansian's, Missourian's, Oregonese' joys;
198To rise at peep of day, and pass forth nimbly to work,
199To plow land in the fall for winter-sown crops,
200To plough land in the spring for maize,
201To train orchards -- to graft the trees -- to gather apples in the fall.
202
203O the pleasure with trees!
204The orchard -- the forest -- the oak, cedar, pine, pekan-tree,
205The honey-locust, black-walnut, cottonwood, and magnolia.
206
207<b>12</b>
208O Death! the voyage of Death!
175209The beautiful touch of Death, soothing and benumbing The beautiful touch of Death, soothing and benumbing
176210 a few moments, for reasons, a few moments, for reasons;
177211Myself discharging my excrementitious body to be burn'd, or render'dMyself, discharging my excrementitious body, to be burn'd,
178212to powder, or buried, or render'd to powder, or buried,
179213My real body doubtless left to me for other spheres,My real body doubtless left to me for other spheres,
180214My voided body nothing more to me, returning to the purifications,My voided body, nothing more to me, returning to the purifications,
181215further offices, eternal uses of the earth. further offices, eternal uses of the earth.
182216
217<b>13</b>
218O to bathe in the swimming-bath, or in a good place along shore!
219To splash the water! to walk ankle-deep -- to race naked along the shore.
220
221O to realize space!
222The plenteousness of all -- that there are no bounds;
223To emerge, and be of the sky -- of the sun and moon,
224 and the flying clouds, as one with them.
225
226O the joy of a manly self-hood!
227Personality -- to be servile to none -- to defer to none --
228 not to any tyrant, known or unknown,
229To walk with erect carriage, a step springy and elastic,
230To look with calm gaze, or with a flashing eye,
231To speak with a full and sonorous voice, out of a broad chest,
232To confront with your personality all the other personalities of the earth.
233
234<b>14</b>
235Know'st thou the excellent joys of youth?
236Joys of the dear companions, and of the merry word, and laughing face?
237Joys of the glad, light-beaming day -- joy of the wide-breath'd games?
238Joy of sweet music -- joy of the lighted ball-room, and the dancers?
239Joy of the friendly, plenteous dinner -- the strong carouse, and drinking?
240
241<b>15</b>
242Yet, O my soul supreme!
243Know'st thou the joys of pensive thought?
244Joys of the free and lonesome heart -- the tender, gloomy heart?
245Joy of the solitary walk -- the spirit bowed yet proud --
246 the suffering and the struggle?
247The agonistic throes, the extasies -- joys of the solemn musings,
248 day or night?
249Joys of the thought of Death -- the great spheres Time and Space?
250Prophetic joys of better, loftier love's ideals -- the Divine Wife --
251 the sweet, eternal, perfect Comrade?
252Joys all thine own, undying one -- joys worthy thee, O Soul.
253
254<b>16</b>
255O, while I live, to be the ruler of life -- not a slave,
256To meet life as a powerful conqueror,
257No fumes -- no ennui -- no more complaints, or scornful criticisms.
258
259O me repellent and ugly!
260To these proud laws of the air, the water, and the ground,
261 proving my interior Soul impregnable,
262And nothing exterior shall ever take command of me.
263
183264O to attract by more than attraction!O to attract by more than attraction!
184265How it is I know not -- yet behold! the something which obeys How it is I know not -- yet behold! the something
185266 none of the rest, which obeys none of the rest,
186267It is offensive, never defensive -- yet how magnetic it draws.It is offensive, never defensive -- yet how magnetic it draws.
187268
188269O to struggle against great odds, to meet enemies undaunted!<b>17</b>
189270To be entirely alone with them, to find how much one can stand!O joy of suffering!
190271To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, face to face!To struggle against great odds! to meet enemies undaunted!
191272To mount the scaffold, to advance to the muzzles of guns To be entirely alone with them! to find how much one can stand!
273To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, death, face to face!
274To mount the scaffold! to advance to the muzzles of guns
192275 with perfect nonchalance! with perfect nonchalance!
193276To be indeed a God!To be indeed a God!
194277
195278O to sail to sea in a ship!<b>18</b>
196279To leave this steady unendurable land,O, to sail to sea in a ship!
197280To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets, the sidewalks To leave this steady, unendurable land!
198281 and the houses,To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets,
199282To leave you O you solid motionless land, and entering a ship, the sidewalks and the houses;
200283To sail and sail and sail!To leave you, O you solid motionless land, and entering a ship,
201284To sail, and sail, and sail!
202285O to have life henceforth a poem of new joys!
203286To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on!<b>19</b>
204287To be a sailor of the world bound for all ports,O to have my life henceforth a poem of new joys!
288To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on,
289To be a sailor of the world, bound for all ports,
205290A ship itself, (see indeed these sails I spread to the sun and air,)A ship itself, (see indeed these sails I spread to the sun and air,)
206291A swift and swelling ship full of rich words, full of joys.A swift and swelling ship, full of rich words -- full of joys.

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