Leaves of Grass :[1891] Including Sands at Seventy...1st Annex, Good-Bye my Fancy...2d Annex, A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life |
THE DEAD EMPEROR. |
Leaves of Grass :[1891] | ||
THE DEAD EMPEROR.
To-day, with bending head and eyes, thou, too, Columbia,Less for the mighty crown laid low in sorrow—less for the Emperor,
Thy true condolence breathest, sendest out o'er many a salt sea mile,
Mourning a good old man—a faithful shepherd, patriot.
Publish'd March 10, 1888.
Leaves of Grass :[1891] | ||