Famous Of Value Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Of Value poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous of value poems. These examples illustrate what a famous of value poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...with reference to thee,
The fruit of all the Old, ripening to-day in thee.)
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Sail—sail thy best, ship of Democracy!
Of value is thy freight—’tis not the Present only,
The Past is also stored in thee!
Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone—not of thy western continent alone;
Earth’s résumé entire floats on thy keel, O ship—is
steadied by
thy spars;
With thee Time voyages in trust—the antecedent nations sink or swim with thee;
With all their ancient struggles, ...Read more of this...
by
Whitman, Walt
...ed, yet always have,
Not money, amours, dress, eating, but as good;
I send no agent or medium, offer no representative of value, but offer the value itself.
There is something that comes home to one now and perpetually;
It is not what is printed, preach’d, discussed—it eludes discussion and print;
It is not to be put in a book—it is not in this book;
It is for you, whoever you are—it is no farther from you than your hearing and sight
are
from
you;
It is hinted by nea...Read more of this...
by
Whitman, Walt
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