《草叶集》是19世纪美国作家惠特曼的浪漫主义诗集,共收有诗歌三百余首,诗集得名于集中这样的一句诗:“哪里有土,哪里有水,哪里就长着草。”诗集中的诗歌便像是长满美国大地的芳草,生气蓬勃并散发着诱人的芳香。它们是世界闻名的佳作,开创了美国民族诗歌的新时代。作者在诗歌形式上有大胆的创新,创造了“自由体”的诗歌形式,打破了传统的诗歌格律,以断句作为韵律的基础,节奏自由奔放,汪洋恣肆,舒卷自如,具有一泻千里的气势和无所不包的容量。本书为英文版,收录了其中的35首诗。
1. Inscriptions
2. Starting from Paumanok
3. Song of Myself
4. Children of Adam
5. Calamus
6. Salut Au Monde!
7. Song of the Open Road
8. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
9. Song of the Answerer
10. Our Old Feuillage
11. A Song of Joys
12. Song of the Broad-Axe
13. Song of the Exposition
14. Song of the Redwood-tree
15. A Song for Occupations
16. A Song of the Rolling Earth
17. Birds of Passage
18. A Broadway Pageant
19. Sea-Drift
20. By the Roadside
21. Drum-Taps
22. Memories of President Lincoln
23. By Blue Ontario's Shore
24. Autumn Rivulets
25. Proud Music of the Storm
26. Passage to India
27. Prayer of Columbus
28. The Sleepers
29. To Think of Time
30. Whispers of Heavenly Death
31. Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood
32. From Noon to Starry Night
33. Songs of Parting
34. Sands at Seventy
35. Good-Bye My Fancy