Read Time < 1 mins Sir William departs for home pleased with his daughter’s situation. Thankfully, Mr. Collins spends most of his time in the garden, reading, writing and informing them […]
Time to Come – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins O, Death! a black and pierce-less pall Hangs round thee, and the future state; No eye may see, no mind may grasp That mystery of fate. […]
One’s-Self I Sing – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins One’s-Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor […]
O Me! O Life! – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself forever […]
What People Know
Read Time < 1 mins People talk about finding a safe place, Without much to offer, But I’m not sure how to help them. Maybe I should just move on, Until they […]
Oh Captain My Captain – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells […]
Beat! Beat! Drums! – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow! Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar […]
I Hear America Singing – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing […]
A Noiseless Patient Spider – Walt Whitman
Read Time < 1 mins A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament, filament, […]
To The President Elect – Joseph Brodsky
Read Time < 1 mins You’ve climbed the mountain. At its top, the mountain and the climbing stop. A peak is where the climber finds his biggest step is not mankind’s. Proud […]