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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNITED STATES TO OLD WORLD CRITICS, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete Last Line: The solid-planted spires tall shooting to the stars. Subject(s): United States; America | |||
Here first the duties of to-day, the lessons of the concrete, Wealth, order, travel, shelter, products, plenty; As of the building of some varied, vast, perpetual edifice, Whence to arise inevitable in time, the towering roofs, the lamps, The solid-planted spires tall shooting to the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN |
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