Quotes :

Poem of the day – Life and Death by Walt Whitman The two old, simple problems ever intertwined,Close home, elusive, present, baffled, grappled.By each successive age insoluble, pass'd on,To ours to-day--and we pass on the same. - Life and Death by Walt Whitman
Poem of the day – To Thee Old Cause by Walt Whitman To thee old cause!Thou peerless, passionate, good cause,Thou stern, remorseless, sweet idea,Deathless throughout the ages, races, lands,After a strange sad war, great war for thee,(I think all war through time was really fought, and ever will be really fought, for thee,)These chants for thee, the eternal march of thee.(A war O soldiers not for ...
Poem of the day – Darest Thou Now O Soul by Walt Whitman Darest thou now O soul,Walk out with me toward the unknown region,Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?No map there, nor guide,Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand,Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land.I know it not O soul,Nor dost thou, all is a blank before us,All waits ...
Poem of the day – Gliding O’er all by Walt Whitman Gliding o'er all, through all,Through Nature, Time, and Space,As a ship on the waters advancing,The voyage of the soul--not life alone,Death, many deaths I'll sing. - Gliding O'er all by Walt Whitman
Poem of the day – As I Ponder’d in Silence by Walt Whitman As I ponder'd in silence,Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect,Terrible in beauty, age, and power,The genius of poets of old lands,As to me directing like flame its eyes,With finger pointing to many immortal songs,And menacing voice, What singest thou? it said,Know'st thou not there is hut one theme for ever-enduring bards?And ...