Famous Tallying Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Tallying poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tallying poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tallying poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free

...ds from the two great seas of the world. 

And for thy subtler sense, subtler refrains, O Union! 
Preludes of intellect tallying these and thee—mind-formulas fitted for
 thee—real, and
 sane, and large as these and thee; 
Thou, mounting higher, diving deeper than we knew—thou transcendental Union!
By thee Fact to be justified—blended with Thought; 
Thought of Man justified—blended with God: 
Through thy Idea—lo! the immortal Reality! 
Through thy Reality—lo! the immortal Idea...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario's Shores

...ds of the war;) 
(As a wheel turns on its axle, so I find my chants turning finally on the war;) 
Bards of pride! Bards tallying the ocean’s roar, and the swooping eagle’s
 scream! 
You, by my charm, I invoke!...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Brother of All with Generous Hand

...The workings, details, haply human.)

4
O thou within this tomb, 
From thee, such scenes—thou stintless, lavish Giver, 
Tallying the gifts of Earth—large as the Earth, 
Thy name an Earth, with mountains, fields and rivers. 

Nor by your streams alone, you rivers,
By you, your banks, Connecticut, 
By you, and all your teeming life, Old Thames, 
By you, Potomac, laving the ground Washington trod—by you Patapsco, 
You, Hudson—you, endless Mississippi—not by you alone, 
But to th...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Chanting the Square Deific

...
From this side, lo! the Lord CHRIST gazes—lo! Hermes I—lo! mine is
 Hercules’
 face; 
All sorrow, labor, suffering, I, tallying it, absorb in myself; 
Many times have I been rejected, taunted, put in prison, and crucified—and many times
 shall be again; 
All the world have I given up for my dear brothers’ and sisters’ sake—for
 the
 soul’s sake; 
Wending my way through the homes of men, rich or poor, with the kiss of affection;
For I am affection—I am the cheer-bringing God,...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

In Paths Untrodden

...the Soul of the man I speak for, feeds, rejoices most in comrades; 
Here, by myself, away from the clank of the world, 
Tallying and talk’d to here by tongues aromatic, 
No longer abash’d—for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would not dare
 elsewhere,
Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself, yet contains all the rest, 
Resolv’d to sing no songs to-day but those of manly attachment, 
Projecting them along that substantial life, 
Bequeathing, hence, types o...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


Proud Music of The Storm

...slumber-chamber,
Come, for I have found the clue I sought so long, 
Let us go forth refresh’d amid the day, 
Cheerfully tallying life, walking the world, the real, 
Nourish’d henceforth by our celestial dream. 

And I said, moreover,
Haply, what thou hast heard, O Soul, was not the sound of winds, 
Nor dream of raging storm, nor sea-hawk’s flapping wings, nor harsh scream, 
Nor vocalism of sun-bright Italy, 
Nor German organ majestic—nor vast concourse of voices—nor layers of...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd

...passing the night; 
Passing, unloosing the hold of my comrades’ hands; 
Passing the song of the hermit bird, and the tallying song of my soul, 
(Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying, ever-altering song, 
As low and wailing, yet clear the notes, rising and falling, flooding the night,
Sadly sinking and fainting, as warning and warning, and yet again bursting with joy, 
Covering the earth, and filling the spread of the heaven, 
As that powerful psalm in the...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

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