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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TRIBUTE OF GRASSES, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poet's Biography First Line: Serene, vast head, with silver cloud of hair Last Line: Here by the eastern sea. Subject(s): Grass; Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) | |||
TO W. W. SERENE, vast head, with silver cloud of hair Lined on the purple dusk of death, A stern medallion, velvet set -- Old Norseman, throned, not chained upon thy chair, Thy grasp of hand, thy hearty breath Of welcome thrills me yet As when I faced thee there! Loving my plain as thou thy sea, Facing the East as thou the West, I bring a handful of grass to thee, -- The prairie grasses I know the best; Type of the wealth and width of the plain, Strong of the strength of the wind and sleet, Fragrant with sunlight and cool with rain, I bring it and lay it low at thy feet, Here by the eastern sea. | 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 DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? by HAMLIN GARLAND |
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