Whitman, as Printed

‹ Leaves of Grass, 1891–92

The lines with “well”

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  1. p. 22, line 24It is well—against such I say not a word, I am their poet also,
  2. p. 31, line 4Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams,
  3. p. 34, line 4They are alive and well somewhere,
  4. p. 36, line 21And remember perfectly well his revolving eyes and his awkwardness,
  5. p. 38, line 8In me the caresser of life wherever moving, backward as well as forward sluing,
  6. p. 38, line 19And the jay in the woods never studied the gamut, yet trills pretty well to me,
  7. p. 42, line 5Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
  8. p. 44, line 2Well I have, for the Fourth-month showers have, and the mica on the side of a rock has.
  9. p. 47, line 10What behaved well in the past or behaves well to-day is not such a wonder,
  10. p. 57, line 19Where the katy-did works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well,
  11. p. 57, line 24Pleas'd with the homely woman as well as the handsome,
  12. p. 59, line 24All this I swallow, it tastes good, I like it well, it becomes mine,
  13. p. 62, line 18Ten o'clock at night, the full moon well up, our leaks on the gain, and five feet of water reported,
  14. p. 63, line 3Two well serv'd with grape and canister silence his musketry and clear his decks.
  15. p. 67, line 3It is middling well as far as it goes—but is that all?
  16. p. 69, line 5I know perfectly well my own egotism,
  17. p. 75, line 2Fond of his sweetheart, relishing well his steak,
  18. p. 75, line 20The young mechanic is closest to me, he knows me well,
  19. p. 78, line 10Very well then I contradict myself,
  20. p. 83, line 16There is something in staying close to men and women and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well,
  21. p. 83, line 17All things please the soul, but these please the soul well.
  22. p. 84, line 15She is to conceive daughters as well as sons, and sons as well as daughters.
  23. p. 84, line 22Scorn becomes him well, and appetite and defiance become him well,
  24. p. 84, line 23The wildest largest passions, bliss that is utmost, sorrow that is utmost become him well, pride is for him,
  25. p. 87, line 14Strong set of thighs, well carrying the trunk above,
  26. p. 102, line 16Who knew too well the sick, sick dread lest the one he lov'd might secretly be indifferent to him,
  27. p. 103, line 5O then each breath tasted sweeter, and all that day my food nourish'd me more, and the beautiful day pass'd well,
  28. p. 106, line 8I know very well I could not.
  29. p. 108, line 13For I know very well that I and robust love belong among you, inland, and along the Western sea;
  30. p. 121, line 7I know they are very well where they are,
  31. p. 122, line 24Listening to others, considering well what they say,
  32. p. 123, line 27They may prove well in lecture-rooms, yet not prove at all under the spacious clouds and along the landscape and flowing currents.
  33. p. 125, line 8Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop'd,
  34. p. 128, line 22Now understand me well—it is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.
  35. p. 128, line 24He going with me must go well arm'd,
  36. p. 128, line 27It is safe—I have tried it—my own feet have tried it well—be not detain'd!
  37. p. 131, line 9I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river,
  38. p. 144, line 3My brood of grown and part-grown boys, who love to be with no one else so well as they love to be with me,
  39. p. 150, line 14The huge storehouse carried up in the city well under way,
  40. p. 152, line 9The show passes, all does well enough of course,
  41. p. 152, line 10All does very well till one flash of defiance.
  42. p. 158, line 5To obey as well as command, to follow more than to lead,
  43. p. 164, line 26For well we know that while thou givest each and all, (generous as God,)
  44. p. 169, line 16Were all educations practical and ornamental well display'd out of me, what would it amount to?
  45. p. 171, line 19And that it is not something which by luck may turn out well for us, and without luck must be a failure for us,
  46. p. 183, line 6Follow well in order, get your weapons ready,
  47. p. 210, line 16See how well dress'd, see how orderly they conduct themselves.
  48. p. 221, line 3Mannahatta a-march—and it's O to sing it well!
  49. p. 221, line 6The guns bright as gold, the work for giants, to serve well the guns,
  50. p. 229, line 7'Twas well, O soul—'twas a good preparation you gave me,
  51. p. 230, line 4The cities I loved so well I abandon'd and left, I sped to the certainties suitable to me,
  52. p. 231, line 17Up the path you have follow'd me well, spite of your hundred and extra years,
  53. p. 233, line 4And how long and well it stood confronting death.
  54. p. 237, line 2Below too, all calm, all vital and beautiful, and the farm prospers well.
  55. p. 237, line 3Down in the fields all prospers well,
  56. p. 238, line 19My comrade I wrapt in his blanket, envelop'd well his form,
  57. p. 238, line 20Folded the blanket well, tucking it carefully over head and carefully under feet,
  58. p. 238, line 25I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his blanket,
  59. p. 242, line 12(Both I remember well—many the hardships, few the joys, yet I was content.)
  60. p. 252, line 14The drum-corps' rattle is ever to me sweet music, I love well the martial dirge,
  61. p. 256, line 10Death's outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know,
  62. p. 262, line 17Comrades mine and I in the midst, and their memory ever to keep, for the dead I loved so well,
  63. p. 270, line 26Who would assume to teach here may well prepare himself body and mind,
  64. p. 270, line 27He may well survey, ponder, arm, fortify, harden, make lithe himself,
  65. p. 280, line 4Ah the dead to me mar not, they fit well in Nature,
  66. p. 280, line 5They fit very well in the landscape under the trees and grass,
  67. p. 281, line 23Toil on heroes! toil well! handle the weapons well!
  68. p. 281, line 30The engines, thrashers of grain and cleaners of grain, well separating the straw, the nimble work of the patent pitchfork,
  69. p. 286, line 5Behold this compost! behold it well!
  70. p. 286, line 25That the cool drink from the well tastes so good,
  71. p. 291, line 3All that is well thought or said this day on any part of the globe, or on any of the wandering stars, or on any of the fix'd stars, by those there as we are here,
  72. p. 291, line 21Knows that the young man who composedly peril'd his life and lost it has done exceedingly well for himself without doubt,
  73. p. 304, line 6Till it has well inhaled the atmosphere of this river, also the western prairie-scent,
  74. p. 309, line 24Listens well pleas'd.
  75. p. 326, line 2The prisoner sleeps well in the prison, the runaway son sleeps,
  76. p. 326, line 22Well do they do their jobs those journeymen divine,
  77. p. 330, line 11They warmly welcome him, he is barefoot again, he forgets he is well off,
  78. p. 332, line 14I am not afraid, I have been well brought forward by you,
  79. p. 332, line 16I know not how I came of you and I know not where I go with you, but I know I came well and shall go well.
  80. p. 335, line 13What will be will be well, for what is is well,
  81. p. 335, line 14To take interest is well, and not to take interest shall be well.
  82. p. 336, line 18The great masters and kosmos are well as they go, the heroes and good-doers are well,
  83. p. 336, line 19The known leaders and inventors and the rich owners and pious and distinguish'd may be well,
  84. p. 339, line 23Young and strong I pass knowing well I am destin'd myself to an early death;
  85. p. 342, line 9(Did you think Life was so well provided for, and Death, the purport of all Life, is not well provided for?)
  86. p. 349, line 13I feel thy ominous greatness evil as well as good,
  87. p. 351, line 26Strew'd on the sand in heaps and windrows, well out from the water, the green-back'd spotted mossbonkers.
  88. p. 352, line 14I understand them, I know those flames, those perturbations well.)
  89. p. 354, line 4The man falls struggling and foaming to the ground, while he speculates well.
  90. p. 354, line 10Well, you cannot trick me.
  91. p. 365, line 14But know the work, the need goes on and shall go on, the death-envelop'd march of peace as well as war goes on,)
  92. p. 367, line 9Now ending well in death the splendid fever of thy deeds,
  93. p. 373, line 3How America illustrates birth, muscular youth, the promise, the sure fulfilment, the absolute success, despite of people—illustrates evil as well as good,
  94. p. 374, line 11Of these songs, well understood there, (being made for that area,)
  95. p. 377, line 10Absorb them well O my earth, she cried, I charge you lose not my sons, lose not an atom,
  96. p. 377, line 11And you streams absorb them well, taking their dear blood,
  97. p. 378, line 22(Full well they know that message in the darkness,
  98. p. 378, line 23Full well return, respond within their breasts, their brains, the sad reverberations,)
  99. p. 393, line 15Europe's as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer's cot,
  100. p. 400, line 7Had fought in the ranks—fought well—had been all through the Revolutionary war,)
  101. p. 407, line 28[…] ones probably (undoubtedly)—which now I may as well gather and put in fair type while able to see […]
  102. p. 415, line 13Well pleased, accepting all, curiously prepared for by them,
  103. p. 415, line 20Thou cluster free! thou brilliant lustrous one! thou, learning well,
  104. p. 420, line 26I sing of life, yet mind me well of death:
  105. p. 421, line 19UNSEEN buds, infinite, hidden well,
  106. p. 422, line 13Then if we die we die together, (yes, we'll remain one,)
  107. p. 422, line 14If we go anywhere we'll go together to meet what happens,
  108. p. 422, line 15May-be we'll be better off and blither, and learn something,
  109. p. 428, line 9[…] inventive or war-produced ones. The Nineteenth Century, now well towards its close (and ripening into fruit the seeds of […]
  110. p. 429, line 34[…] poet, and forming their birth-marks. I know very well that my "Leaves" could not possibly have emerged or been […]
  111. p. 429, line 40[…] claim it for me or not, I know well enough, too, that in respect to pictorial talent, dramatic situations […]
  112. p. 430, line 15[…] all of which has been done overwhelmingly and well, probably never to be excell'd—but that while in such […]
  113. p. 436, line 19[…] that the bulk of the pieces might as well have been left unwritten were those lines omitted. Difficult as […]