O Captain! My Captain!
Poemby Walt Whitman
Volume: 10 | Page: 315
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Reading ModeCAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we
sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim
and daring;
But O heart ! heart ! heart !
Othe bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies.
Fallen cold and dead.
A NATION'S STRENGTH
OCaptain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells ;
Rise up for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager
faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage
closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with
object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells !
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
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