Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT CAMDEN, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But why, walt whitman, loveliest serenader Last Line: Beats vainly on that sullen mausoleum. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) | ||||||||
But why, Walt Whitman, loveliest serenader Of "sane and sacred Death," the veiled "Dark Mother," From dread of dust our most assured dissuader, Why in this massive tomb your own dust smother? Why lavish thousands of your hidden treasure On that grim prison, you the gipsy lover Of leaves of grass in every dancing measure Caprices of their piper winds discover? Comrade of comrades, Child of Adam, lonely Your body bears its changes, walled from fusion Of friendly earth and dew, companioned only By grandeur, Death's ironical delusion. April's fresh voice, chanting her new Te Deum, Beats vainly on that sullen mausoleum. | 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 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE FIRST VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT [1497] by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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