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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FEW DROPS KNOWN, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of heroes, history, grand events, premises, myths, poems Last Line: What are they to the long and copious retrospect of antiquity? | |||
Of heroes, history, grand events, premises, myths, poems, The few drops known must stand for oceans of the unknown, On this beautiful and thick peopl'd earth, here and there a little specimen put on record, A little of Greeks and Romans, a few Hebrew canticles, a few death odors as from graves, from Egypt -- What are they to the long and copious retrospect of antiquity? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CAROL CLOSING SIXTY-NINE by WALT WHITMAN A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by WALT WHITMAN A FARM PICTURE by WALT WHITMAN A PRAIRIE SUNSET by WALT WHITMAN A VOICE PROPHETIC by WALT WHITMAN AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH by WALT WHITMAN AN EVENING LULL by WALT WHITMAN |
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