(May 31, 1819\u2013March 26, 1892), was an American poet. He had worked as a teacher, journalist and printer. He gained renown through his poems, Leaves of Grass,<\/i> 1855\u201392. During the Civil War, he nursed wounded soldiers, eventually becoming ill himself. His free-verse poems expressed a democratic idealism, as seen in his Democratic Vistas,<\/i> 1871. His other works include: Drum Taps, <\/i>1865, and Specimen Days,<\/i> 1882\u201383.<\/p>\n
In \u201cStarting from Paumanok,\u201d from his Leaves of Grass,<\/i> Walt Whitman wrote:<\/p>\n
I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion\u2019s sake. \u2026 <\/p>\n
I say that the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion.2530<\/p>\n
Walt Whitman expressed:<\/p>\n
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.2531<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(May 31, 1819\u2013March 26, 1892), was an American poet. He had worked as a teacher, journalist and printer. He gained renown through his poems, Leaves of Grass, 1855\u201392. During the Civil War, he nursed wounded soldiers, eventually becoming ill himself. His free-verse poems expressed a democratic idealism, as seen in his Democratic Vistas, 1871. His … Continue reading “WHITMAN,
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