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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WALT WHITMAN, by FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS First Line: Bold innovator in the realm of thought Last Line: Of innocency on a thousand hills. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) | |||
Bold innovator in the realm of thought; Strong-sinewed Titan fighting for the right, And wresting from the panoplies of night The glories that the patient stars have caught From an evanished sun; brave teacher, taught By Nature's lips to see with Nature's sight, And so to shed day's fair, unsullied light Upon the work thy rugged hands have wrought, Thou stand'st serene upon thy mountain crag, Unmindful of the shallow hum which fills The valleys with derision. Thou canst wait, And, waiting, find thine own, when prescient Fate Shall grant thee justice, and unfurl the flag Of Innocency on a thousand hills. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO WALT WHITMAN by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS by ROBERT BLY QUIRKS: 2. THAT AFTERNOON I REMEMBERED by JOHN CIARDI READING WALT WHITMAN by CALVIN FORBES FOR WALT WHITMAN by DAVID IGNATOW WAITING INSIDE by DAVID IGNATOW WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW METAMORPHOSES: 3. PERSEUS (WALT WHITMAN) by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM WALT WHITMAN by FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS |
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