When I peruse the Conquer'd Fame
Read 'When I peruse the Conquer'd Fame' by 'Walt Whitman' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
When I peruse the Conquer'd Fame by Walt Whitman
WHEN I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I
do not
envy
the generals,
Nor the President in his Presidency, nor the rich in his great house;
But when I hear of the brotherhood of lovers, how it was with them,
How through life, through dangers, odium, unchanging, long and long,
Through youth, and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how affectionate and
faithful
they
were,
Then I am pensive—I hastily walk away, fill’d with the bitterest envy.
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