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Walt Whitman

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Walter Whitman (Walt for short) was an American poet. He was born May 31st, 1819, around Huntington, Long Island. Walt Whitman was born the second son of his family and had eight siblings. Whitman alternated between printing and writing jobs for about 15 years, working also for various newspapers. He then ventured to become a teacher and published several essays during that time. In 1842, he wrote his first novel, Franklin Evans. He worked as an editor for the Brooklyn Eagle and was fired from this job for political purposes.

Top songs

  1. Song Of The Open Road / Song Of Myself
  2. America
  3. Higher And Higher
  4. O Captain! My Captain!
  5. America (excerpt)
  6. Shabach
  7. Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me - Look Down Fair Moon
  8. Lift Him Up
  9. Jesus Is Right Here
  10. O Captain My Captain
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  1. Book 1
  2. I Hear America Singing
  3. Pioneers! O Pioneers!
  4. Whitman - from America
  5. When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer
  6. Good-Bye My Fancy
  7. Blessings Are Falling
  8. Chapter 1 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  9. From Song By Myself
  10. As At Thy Portals Also DeathBy Walt Whitman
  11. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_1
  12. from America
  13. Book 2
  14. Manifest
  15. He's Alive
  16. Give Me The Splendid Silent Sun
  17. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 1_Introduction
  18. Book 3, Part 1
  19. Song Of The Open Road
  20. Nobody
  21. From Song Of Myself - Twenty-eight Young Men
  22. Chapter 2 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  23. He Loves You
  24. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_2
  25. There Is None Like You
  26. Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking
  27. Intro/The Favor Zone
  28. Raise Your Voice
  29. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_4
  30. To a Stranger
  31. Favor
  32. I'm Blessed
  33. Chapter 3 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  34. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_3
  35. "Song of Myself" part 01&02
  36. The Old Face of the Mother of Many Children
  37. Song of Myself
  38. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_5
  39. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 2_Readings from Song of Myself_6
  40. Book 3, Part 2
  41. Shabach (remix)
  42. REFINER'S FIRE
  43. Higher
  44. The Artilleryman
  45. To A Locomotive In Winter
  46. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_1
  47. A Noiseless Patient Spider
  48. When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
  49. Mother Be Thankful
  50. From Faces - The Old Face Of The Mother Of Many Children
  51. A March In The Ranks Hard-Prest
  52. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_2
  53. Leaves of Grass (Unabridged)
  54. "Song of Myself" part 06&07
  55. WEEKLY POETRY - Dirge for Two Veterans
  56. America 1892
  57. Leaves of Grass - 01
  58. From The Sleepers - The Sleepers Are Very Beautiful
  59. Chapter 4 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  60. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_4
  61. I Am Yours
  62. I Sing the Body Electric
  63. III. Perpetual Journey
  64. Chapter 6 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  65. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_3
  66. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 4_Readings from Passage to India_1
  67. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_6
  68. Book 3, Part 3
  69. Oseh Shalom
  70. 01_leaves-of-grass-by-walt-
  71. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" 1-5
  72. Chapter 5 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  73. Chapter 7 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  74. A Passage to India
  75. Perfect Praise
  76. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 4_Readings from Passage to India_2
  77. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 3_The Civil War_Readings from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd_5
  78. The Poetry Of Walt Whitman - Part 4_Readings from Passage to India_3
  79. O Captain! My Captain! - Read by chip
  80. "Song of Myself" part 17
  81. To A Stranger read by Ole Irenaeus
  82. A Sea Symphony [No. 1], I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso): Behold the sea itself (chorus)
  83. "Song of Myself" part 09
  84. Roaming In Thought
  85. Forever My Love
  86. Chapter 8 - Leaves of Grass - 1855 Edition
  87. Walt Whitman
  88. O Captain! My Captain! - Read by apc
  89. Leaves of Grass
  90. Book 3, Part 4

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