Drum-Taps - Walt Whitman - Books - Independently Published - 9798658858036 - June 30, 2020
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Drum-Taps

Walt Whitman

Drum-Taps

First O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with lithe limbs unwaiting a moment she sprang, (O superb! O Manhattan, my own, my peerless! O strongest you in the hour of danger, in crisis! O truer than steel!) How you sprang-how you threw off the costumes of peace with indifferent hand, How your soft opera-music changed, and the drum and fife were heard in their stead, How you led to the war, (that shall serve for our prelude, songs of soldiers, ) How Manhattan drum-taps led

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 30, 2020
ISBN13 9798658858036
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 70
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 4 mm   ·   104 g
Language English  

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