Walt Whitman Poems : Reconciliation

Word over all, beautiful as the sky,
Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be
utterly lost,
That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly
wash again, and ever again, this solid world;
For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead,
I look where he lies white-faced and still in the coffin--I draw near,
Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.

Submited by

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 23:56

Poesia Consagrada :

No votes yet

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman's picture
Offline
Title: Membro
Last seen: 14 years 10 weeks ago
Joined: 04/08/2011
Posts:
Points: 849

Add comment

Login to post comments

other contents of Walt Whitman

Topic Title Replies Views Last Postsort icon Language
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Old Salt Kossabone 0 5.309 04/11/2011 - 00:01 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Old Ireland 0 4.417 04/11/2011 - 00:00 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Old Chants 0 3.923 04/10/2011 - 23:57 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Old Age's Lambent Peaks 0 3.795 04/10/2011 - 23:56 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - O Hymen! O Hymenee! 0 4.542 04/10/2011 - 23:54 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearance 0 9.469 04/10/2011 - 23:53 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Of That Blithe Throat of Thine 0 3.479 04/10/2011 - 23:51 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Of Him I Love Day and Night 0 4.735 04/10/2011 - 23:49 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - O Captain! My Captain! 0 3.531 04/10/2011 - 23:48 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Now Precedent Songs, Farewell 0 3.744 04/10/2011 - 23:47 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Now Finale to the Shore 0 3.362 04/10/2011 - 23:42 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Not Youth Pertains to Me 0 5.270 04/10/2011 - 23:41 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Not Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast Only 0 3.343 04/10/2011 - 23:39 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes 0 3.621 04/10/2011 - 23:37 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - No Labor-Saving Machine 0 2.958 04/10/2011 - 23:36 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - A Noiseless Patient Spider 0 4.589 04/10/2011 - 23:35 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Night on the Prairies 0 5.303 04/10/2011 - 23:34 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Native Moments 0 4.247 04/10/2011 - 23:31 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Mystic Trumpeter 0 3.067 04/10/2011 - 23:28 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Myself and Mine 0 3.551 04/10/2011 - 23:25 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - My Legacy 0 4.106 04/10/2011 - 23:24 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - My 71st Year 0 9.100 04/10/2011 - 23:22 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Mirages 0 3.484 04/10/2011 - 23:19 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Miracles 0 5.560 04/10/2011 - 23:16 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Me Imperturbe 0 4.172 04/10/2011 - 23:14 English