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Walt Whitman: To the Pending Year
To the Pending YearHave I no weapon-word for thee—some message brief and fierce? (Have I fought out and done indeed the battle?) Is there no shot left, For all thy affectations, lisps, scorns…Walt Whitman: Interpolation Sounds
Interpolation SoundsOver and through the burial chant, Organ and solemn service, sermon, bending priests, To me come interpolation sounds not in the show—plainly to me, crowding up the…Walt Whitman: Old Chants
Old ChantsAn ancient song, reciting, ending, Once gazing toward thee, Mother of All, Musing, seeking themes fitted for thee, Accept me, thou saidst, the elder ballads, And name for me before…Walt Whitman: A Christmas Greeting
A Christmas GreetingWelcome, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready; A loving hand—a smile from the north—a sunny instant hall! (Let the future care for itself, where it reveals its…Walt Whitman: Sounds of the Winter
Sounds of the WinterSounds of the winter too, Sunshine upon the mountains—many a distant strain From cheery railroad train—from nearer field, barn, house, The whispering air—even the mute…Walt Whitman: A Twilight Song
A Twilight SongAs I sit in twilight late alone by the flickering oak-flame, Musing on long-pass'd war-scenes—of the countless buried unknown soldiers, Of the vacant names, as unindented…Walt Whitman: A Persian Lesson
A Persian LessonFor his o'erarching and last lesson the greybeard sufi, In the fresh scent of the morning in the open air, On the slope of a teeming Persian rose-garden, Under an ancient…Walt Whitman: Grand Is the Seen
Grand Is the SeenGrand is the seen, the light, to me—grand are the sky and stars, Grand is the earth, and grand are lasting time and space, And grand their laws, so multiform, puzzling,…Walt Whitman: Unseen Buds
Unseen BudsUnseen buds, infinite, hidden well, Under the snow and ice, under the darkness, in every square or cubic inch, Germinal, exquisite, in delicate lace, microscopic, unborn, Like…Ginsberg, Allen
(Encyclopedia) Ginsberg, AllenGinsberg, Allengĭnzˈbûrg [key], 1926–97, American poet, b. Paterson, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1949. An outspoken member of the beat generation, Ginsberg is best known for…Trending
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