 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 412 pages
...nor courage to speak of President Lincoln's Funeral Hymn, but the shorter poem may be given : — ' O Captain ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done ! The ship has weathered every wrack, the prize we sought is won. The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all... | |
 | 1866 - 908 pages
...Lincoln,—who was his warm friend and admirer,—which is worthy of being quoted. It is as follows:— " O captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rock, the prize, we sought is won. The. port is near, the bells I hear, the people... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 pages
...memory ever I keep — for the dead I loved so well ; For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands . . . and this for his dear sake ; Lilac and star and bird, twined with the chant of my soul, With the holders holding my hand, nearing the call of the bird, There in the fragrant pines, and the... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...memory ever I keep— for the dead I loved so well ; For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands — and this for his dear sake ; Lilac and star...in the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim. THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS. [Born in 1819. Entered upon, but has not eventually pursued, the medical career.... | |
 | 1875 - 810 pages
...memory ever I keep — for the dead I loved so well ; For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands .... and this for his dear sake; Lilac and star...in the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim. This is Walt Whitman at his best. The most sceptical must recognise this as poetry. There is much that... | |
 | 1875 - 800 pages
...loved so well ; For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands .... and this for his de«r sake; Lilac and star and bird, twined with the chant...in the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim. This is Walt Whitman at his best. The most sceptical must recognise this as poetry. There is much that... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...memory ever I keep— for the dead I loved so well ; For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands — and this for his dear sake ; Lilac and star...in the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim. THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS. [Born in 1819. Entered upon, but has not eventually pursued, the medical career.... | |
 | Evan Rowland Jones - 1881 - 272 pages
...priority among nations with the poor boy of Kentucky — the Redeemer of the Slave — Abraham Lincoln. " O Captain ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done ! The ship has weathered every wrack, the prize we sought is won. The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 pages
...memory ever I keep — for the dead I loved so well, For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands — and this for his dear sake, Lilac and star...the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim." The following shorter piece on the same subject is equally worthy of the author's highest mood : —... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 pages
...memory ever I keep — for the dead I loved so well, For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and lands — and this for his dear sake, Lilac and star...the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim." The following shorter piece on the same subject is equally worthy of the author's highest mood : —... | |
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O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done, 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... 
