I THOUGHT I was not alone, walking here by the shore,

recall;)Let every one answer! let those who sleep be waked! let none evade!Must we still go on with our affectations and sneaking?Let me bring this to a close–I pronounce openly for a newdistribution of roles;Let that which stood in front go behind! and let that which wasbehind advance to the front and speak;Let murderers, bigots,…

Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved;Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, everafterward resumes its liberty.

thoughtful;It seems to me I can look over and behold them, in Germany, Italy,France, Spain–or far, far away, in China, or in Russia orIndia–talking other dialects;And it seems to me if I could know those men, I should becomeattached to them, as I do to men in my own lands;O I know we should be…

I, a child, very old, over waves, towards the house of maternity, theland of migrations, look afar,Look off the shores of my Western Sea–the circle almost circled;For, starting westward from Hindustan, from the vales of Kashmere,From Asia–from the north–from the God, the sage, and the hero,From the south–from the flowery peninsulas, and the spice islands;Long…

Shouts of demoniac laughter fitfully piercing and pealing,Waves, air, midnight, their savagest trinity lashing,Out in the shadows there milk-white combs careering,On beachy slush and sand spirts of snow fierce slanting,Where through the murk the easterly death-wind breasting,Through cutting swirl and spray watchful and firm advancing,(That in the distance! is that a wreck? is the red…

Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,Or wade with naked feet along the beach, just in the edge of thewater,Or stand under trees in the woods,Or talk by day with any one I love–or sleep in the bed at night withany one I love,Or…