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2 de may. de 2013 · To this supreme spectator an apple orchard in May, even the White House in moonlight, no more and no less than these battle-scenes, rendered up their dignity, life, and beauty, their true human significance. But in "Drum-Taps" the witness is not always so satisfactory.
Drum-Taps, first published in 1865, is a collection of poetry written by American poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War. 18 additional poems were added later in the year to create Sequel to Drum-Taps.
DRUM-TAPS. FIRST, O songs, for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum, pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms—how she gave the cue, How at once with lithe limbs, unwaiting a moment, she sprang; (O superb! O Manhattan, my own, my peerless! O strongest you in the hour of danger, in crisis! O truer than steel!)
DRUM-TAPS. W ILL saltpeter 1 explode? Is Walt Whitman a true poet? Doubts to be solved by the wise futurity which shall pay off our national debt. Poet or not, however, there was that in Walt Whitman's first book which compels attention to his second.
Drum-Taps, collection of poems in free verse, most on the subject of the American Civil War, by Walt Whitman, published in May 1865. The mood of the poetry moves from excitement at the falling-in and arming of the young soldiers at the beginning of the war to the troubled realization of the war’s.
Title: Drum-Taps. Date: 27 January 1866. Creator (s): F. Whitman Archive ID: anc.00058. Source: The New York Saturday Press 27 January 1866.
Drum-Taps, por Walt Whitman | poemas, ensayos y cuentos en Poéticous. 1 FIRST, O songs, for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch’d tympanum, pride and joy. in my city, How she led the rest to arms—how she gave the cue, How at once with lithe limbs, unwaiting a moment, she. sprang; (O superb! O Manhattan, my own, my peerless!
