Drum-Taps
By: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response to Whitman's personal observations of the Civil War, many of which come from his volunteer efforts in wartime hospitals. Despite the miseries of war described, Whitman's poems in Drum Taps assert a steady patriotism in favor of Lincoln's war effort. Interestingly, the 1915 edition used for this reading includes an introduction from the Times Literary Supplement which draws analogies between the Civil War and the current throes of World War I, enlisting Whitman posthumously as a supporter of the Allied campaign against Germany. First Page: DRUM TAPS BY WALT WHITMAN CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS! FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS VIRGINIA THE WEST CITY OF SHIPS THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS NOT THE PILOT YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME THE WOUND DRESSER LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME RACE OF VETERANS WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE O TAN FACED PRAIRIE BOY LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON RECONCILIATION HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO DELICATE CLUSTER TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE ADIEU TO A SOLDIER TURN O LIBERTAD TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD NOTE The Introduction is reprinted, by permission, from The Times Literary Supplement of April 1, 1915... Continue reading book >>

Drum-Taps

Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response to Whitman's personal observations of the Civil War, many of which come from his volunteer efforts in wartime hospitals. Despite the miseries of war described, Whitman's poems in Drum Taps assert a steady patriotism in favor of Lincoln's war effort. Interestingly, the 1915 edition used for this reading includes an introduction from the Times Literary Supplement which draws analogies between the Civil War and the current throes of World War I, enlisting Whitman posthumously as a supporter of the Allied campaign against Germany.

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DRUM TAPS

BY WALT WHITMAN

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE

EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE

BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!

FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD

SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK

RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS

VIRGINIA THE WEST

CITY OF SHIPS

THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY

CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD

BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE

AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH

BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME

COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER

VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT

A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN

A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM

AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS

NOT THE PILOT

YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME

THE WOUND DRESSER

LONG, TOO LONG AMERICA

GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN

DIRGE FOR TWO VETERANS

OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE

I SAW OLD GENERAL AT BAY

THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION

ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS

NOT YOUTH PERTAINS TO ME

RACE OF VETERANS

WORLD TAKE GOOD NOTICE

O TAN FACED PRAIRIE BOY

LOOK DOWN FAIR MOON

RECONCILIATION

HOW SOLEMN AS ONE BY ONE

AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO

DELICATE CLUSTER

TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN

LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS

SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE

ADIEU TO A SOLDIER

TURN O LIBERTAD

TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD

NOTE

The Introduction is reprinted, by permission, from The Times Literary Supplement of April 1, 1915... Continue reading book >>

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