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W. W. by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: GOOD-BYE, WALT!
Last Line: GOOD-BYE, OLD WALT!
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS; WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1891);

Good-bye, Walt!
Good-bye, from all you loved on earth --
Rock, tree, dumb creature, man and woman --
To you, their comrade human,
The last assault
Ends now; and now in some great world has birth
A minstrel, whose strong soul finds broader wings,
More brave imaginings.
Stars crown the hill-top where your dust shall lie,
Even as we say good-bye,
Good-bye, old Walt!



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