The Mark of Zorro
1920
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By Walt Whitman. 1. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. Ever-returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring, Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west, And thought of him I love. 2.
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and...
I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing. To a Stranger. This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful. I Hear It Was Charged Against Me. The Prairie-Grass Dividing. When I Peruse the Conquer'd Fame. We Two Boys Together Clinging. A Promise to California. Here the Frailest Leaves of Me.
Walt Whitman, renowned for his collection ‘Leaves of Grass,’ is known as the father of free verse poetry. His innovative approach, bridging Transcendentalism and Realism, has left an indelible mark on the literary world.. When writing about Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, fellow American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to the collection as: …the wonderful gift of Leaves of Grass.
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and...
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and...
This poem is in the public domain. Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the author of Leaves of Grass and, along with Emily Dickinson, is considered one of the architects of a uniquely American poetic voice.
