First Line: NOW COMES FOURTH MONTH AND THE EARLY BUDS ON THE TREES Last Line: ALWAYS FOREVER, MISSISSIPPI, THE GOD Subject(s): POETRY & POETS; WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1891);
Full Poem Text Available at https://allpoetry.com/poem/8513417-Ode-To-Walt-Whitman-by-Stephen-Vincent-Benet