All 11 Uses of
exult
in
Leaves of Grass
- Toward the male of the States, and toward the female of the States,
Exulting words, words to Democracy's lands.†Chpt 2 *exulting = feeling or expressing extreme happiness or elation
- From the master, the pilot I yield the vessel to,
The general commanding me, commanding all, from him permission taking,
From time the programme hastening, (I have loiter'd too long as it is,)
From sex, from the warp and from the woof,
From privacy, from frequent repinings alone,
From plenty of persons near and yet the right person not near,
From the soft sliding of hands over me and thrusting of fingers
through my hair and beard,
From the long sustain'd kiss upon the mouth or bosom,
From the close pressure that makes me or any man drunk, fainting
with excess,
From what the divine husband knows, from the work of fatherhood,
From exultation, victory and relief, fro†Chpt 4exultation = extreme happiness or elation
- To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on!†
Chpt 11
- O I mourn and yet exult, I am rapt with love for all,
Pioneers!†Chpt 17
- And you lady of ships, you Mannahatta,
Old matron of this proud, friendly, turbulent city,
Often in peace and wealth you were pensive or covertly frown'd amid
all your children,
But now you smile with joy exulting old Mannahatta.†Chpt 21exulting = feeling or expressing extreme happiness or elation
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Now a strange lull for a few seconds, not a shot fired on either side,
Then resumed the chaos louder than ever, with eager calls and
orders of officers,
While from some distant part of the field the wind wafts to my ears
a shout of applause, (some special success,)
And 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,)
And ever the hastening of infantry shifting positions, batteries,
cavalry, moving hither and thither,
(The falling, dying, I heed not, the wounded dripping and red
heed not, some to the rear are hobbling,)
Grime, heat, rush, aide-de-camps galloping by or on a full†Chpt 21exultation = extreme happiness or elation
- our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart!†Chpt 22exulting = feeling or expressing extreme happiness or elation
- My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!†Chpt 22
- Exult O lands!†
Chpt 24
- O glad, exulting, culminating song!†
Chpt 32exulting = feeling or expressing extreme happiness or elation
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Through Space and Time fused in a chant, and the flowing eternal identity,
To Nature encompassing these, encompassing God—to the joyous,
electric all,
To the sense of Death, and accepting exulting in Death in its turn
the same as life,
The entrance of man to sing;†Chpt 33
Definition:
feel or express extreme happiness or elation