Whitman(1819—1892), an American poet, produces poems that are subtle but musically rich, "like speech, Italian opera and turbulent ocean". His Leaves of Grass truly portraits the American zeitgeist and marks the pitch of American Romanism. Selected Poems of Whitman excerpts superb chapters of Leaves of Grass, most are short poems and some are long poems.惠特曼（1819—1892），美国诗人。惠特曼的诗歌含蓄却有十分丰富的音乐性，"往往通篇像演说辞、意大利歌剧和汹涌的大海"。他的《草叶集》是19世纪中期美国时代精神的真实写照，标志着美国浪漫主义文学的高峰。《惠特曼诗选》节选《草叶集》中的优秀篇目，以短诗为主，兼顾长诗。