Whitman, as Printed

‹ Leaves of Grass, 1891–92

The lines with “far”

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  1. p. 9, line 4Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far,
  2. p. 10, line 19The boundless vista and the horizon far and dim are all here,
  3. p. 11, line 19Far, far more stood silently waiting behind, now to advance in this book.)
  4. p. 16, line 10Me toward the Mexican sea, or in the Mannahatta or the Tennessee, or far north or inland,
  5. p. 18, line 21Far from the clank of crowds intervals passing rapt and happy,
  6. p. 26, line 17Far breath'd land! Arctic braced! Mexican breez'd! the diverse! the compact!
  7. p. 28, line 4A new race dominating previous ones and grander far, with new contests,
  8. p. 36, line 1Alone far in the wilds and mountains I hunt,
  9. p. 36, line 11I saw the marriage of the trapper in the open air in the far west, the bride was a red girl,
  10. p. 45, line 9One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself,
  11. p. 54, line 18In vain the razor-bill'd auk sails far north to Labrador,
  12. p. 57, line 10Where herds of buffalo make a crawling spread of the square miles far and near,
  13. p. 58, line 5Far from the settlements studying the print of animals' feet, or the moccasin print,
  14. p. 66, line 16(This day I am jetting the stuff of far more arrogant republics.)
  15. p. 67, line 3It is middling well as far as it goes—but is that all?
  16. p. 71, line 7We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers,
  17. p. 73, line 10See ever so far, there is limitless space outside of that,
  18. p. 73, line 26It is not far, it is within reach,
  19. p. 97, line 23I am not what you supposed, but far different.
  20. p. 99, line 19Far, far in the forest, or sauntering later in summer, before I think where I go,
  21. p. 100, line 23Not in cries, laughter, defiances, thrown from me when alone far in the wilds,
  22. p. 102, line 17Whose happiest days were far away through fields, in woods, on hills, he and another wandering hand in hand, they twain apart from other men,
  23. p. 103, line 13To begin with take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose;
  24. p. 106, line 22Or far, far away, in China, or in Russia or Japan, talking other dialects,
  25. p. 129, line 19The current rushing so swiftly and swimming with me far away,
  26. p. 135, line 6Nothing for any one but what is for him, near and far are for him, the ships in the offing,
  27. p. 137, line 6He is the glory and extract thus far of things and of the human race.
  28. p. 139, line 13Below, the red cedar festoon'd with tylandria, the pines and cypresses growing out of the white sand that spreads far and flat,
  29. p. 144, line 14My left foot is on the gunwale, my right arm throws far out the coils of slender rope,
  30. p. 144, line 21Something far away from a puny and pious life!
  31. p. 145, line 19O swift again far out in the ocean the wounded whale, settling, running to windward, tows me,
  32. p. 162, line 17I raise a voice for far superber themes for poets and for art,
  33. p. 164, line 1Behold, in Oregon, far in the north and west,
  34. p. 164, line 2Or in Maine, far in the north and east, thy cheerful axemen,
  35. p. 167, line 5These huge precipitous cliffs, this amplitude, these valleys, far Yosemite,
  36. p. 168, line 13From the Cascade range to the Wahsatch, or Idaho far, or Utah,
  37. p. 169, line 7In woman more, far more, than all your gold or vines, or even vital air.
  38. p. 173, line 4The gist of histories and statistics as far back as the records reach is in you this hour, and myths and tales the same,
  39. p. 175, line 2In that and them the heft of the heaviest—in that and them far more than you estimated, (and far less also,)
  40. p. 182, line 10From some far shore the final chorus sounding.
  41. p. 186, line 6Far, far off the daybreak call—hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind,
  42. p. 202, line 29Withdrawn far, mocking me with mock-congratulatory signs and bows,
  43. p. 204, line 30Now a blue point, far, far in heaven floating,
  44. p. 205, line 1Far, far at sea,
  45. p. 208, line 1Of unnamed heroes in the ships—of waves spreading and spreading far as the eye can reach,
  46. p. 216, line 23And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away.
  47. p. 223, line 24(As one carrying a symbol and menace far into the future,
  48. p. 225, line 21I see far in the West the immense area of grain, I dwell awhile hovering,
  49. p. 227, line 4And the icy cool of the far, far north, with rustling cedars and pines,
  50. p. 235, line 21The numerous camp-fires scatter'd near and far, some away up on the mountain,
  51. p. 235, line 23And over all the sky—the sky! far, far out of reach, studded, breaking out, the eternal stars.
  52. p. 236, line 12Like a phantom far or near an occasional figure moving,
  53. p. 236, line 15Of life and death, of home and the past and loved, and of those that are far away;
  54. p. 248, line 22And ever the sound of the cannon far or near, (rousing even in dreams a devilish exultation and all the old mad joy in the depths of my soul,)
  55. p. 266, line 19Built of the common stock, having room for far and near,
  56. p. 277, line 26Murmurs and echoes still call up, eternity's music faint and far,
  57. p. 280, line 6And along the edge of the sky in the horizon's far margin.
  58. p. 281, line 12Busy the far, the sunlit panorama,
  59. p. 284, line 7FAR hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty,
  60. p. 305, line 16For all that, they have it forever in themselves to corroborate far and near without one exception.
  61. p. 306, line 10Of aspirations toward the far ideal, enthusiast's dreams of brotherhood,
  62. p. 307, line 27In the northern county far, in the placid pastoral region.
  63. p. 309, line 22Acknowledging rapport however far remov'd,
  64. p. 310, line 11The crown and teeming paradise, so far, of time's accumulations,
  65. p. 319, line 19Cooling airs from Caucasus far, soothing cradle of man,
  66. p. 319, line 29Old occult Brahma interminably far back, the tender and junior Buddha,
  67. p. 322, line 17Are thy wings plumed indeed for such far flights?
  68. p. 323, line 14Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home,
  69. p. 324, line 12By me and these the work so far accomplish'd,
  70. p. 331, line 16The sleepers that lived and died wait, the far advanced are to go on in their turns, and the far behind are to come on in their turns,
  71. p. 345, line 8And now touch'd with the lives of other globes arrived as far along as those of the earth,
  72. p. 345, line 11Or the lives of the earth arrived as far as mine, or waiting to arrive.
  73. p. 350, line 5But far more in these leaves and chants, thy chants, great Mother!)
  74. p. 352, line 3The sibilant near sea with vistas far and foam,
  75. p. 360, line 1O pensive, far away wandering, I return with my soul to haunt their banks again,
  76. p. 366, line 18FROM far Dakota's cañons,
  77. p. 374, line 10Of immense spiritual results future years far West, each side of the Anahuacs,
  78. p. 387, line 8More, more by far to thee than tomb of Alexander,
  79. p. 388, line 14Wheat fields carpeted far and near in vital emerald green;
  80. p. 390, line 5As of speakers far or hid.
  81. p. 393, line 13Far from its base and shaft expanding—the round zones circling, comprehending,
  82. p. 395, line 1Far back, related on my mother's side,
  83. p. 395, line 13Dutch Kossabone, Old Salt, related on my mother's side, far back.
  84. p. 396, line 14Yonnondio—I see, far in the west or north, a limitless ravine, with plains and mountains dark,
  85. p. 397, line 10Man's physiology complete, from top to toe, I sing. Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the Muse;—I say the Form complete is worthier far. The Female equally with the Male, I sing.
  86. p. 412, line 16I DOUBT it not—then more, far more;
  87. p. 414, line 24Ever so far back, preluding thee, America,
  88. p. 419, line 4"Has the estray wander'd far? Is the reason-why strangely hidden?
  89. p. 420, line 4Camps far or near, the crowded streets of cities and the shopfronts,
  90. p. 421, line 14But grander far the unseen soul of me, comprehending, endowing all those,
  91. p. 421, line 18More multiform far—more lasting thou than they.
  92. p. 426, line 15[…] that decision, William O'Connor and Dr. Bucke are far more peremptory than I am. Behind all else that can […]
  93. p. 426, line 23[…] that I have positively gain'd a hearing, to far more than make up for any and all other lacks […]
  94. p. 427, line 1[…] Personality, identified with place and date, in a far more candid and comprehensive sense than any hitherto poem or […]
  95. p. 428, line 8[…] moral revolutions, our age, which have been profounder far than the material or inventive or war-produced ones. The Nineteenth […]
  96. p. 429, line 2[…] first, I will say there is something striking far deeper and towering far higher than those themes for the […]
  97. p. 429, line 3[…] there is something striking far deeper and towering far higher than those themes for the best elements of modern […]
  98. p. 430, line 34[…] establish'd, the greatest factors in known history, and far, far greater through what they prelude and necessitate, and are to […]
  99. p. 433, line 32[…] to which all should return from straying however far a distance, must be an identical body and soul, a […]
  100. p. 436, line 40[…] of thirty years, and to hereby prohibit, as far as word of mine can do so, any elision of […]