Now List To My Morning’s Romanza
July 6, 2023Not The Pilot
July 6, 2023Not Youth Pertains To Me
NOT youth pertains to me,
Nor delicatesse–I cannot beguile the time with talk;
Awkward in the parlor, neither a dancer nor elegant;
In the learn’d coterie sitting constrain’d and still–for learning.
inures not to me;
Beauty, knowledge, inure not to me–yet there are two or three things
inure to me;
I have nourish’d the wounded, and sooth’d many a dying soldier,
And at intervals, waiting, or in the midst of camp,
Composed these songs.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist, often referred to as the "father of free verse". His best-known work, "Leaves of Grass," is a celebration of American democracy, individualism, and the common people. Whitman's poetry also explored themes of sexuality and the body. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature.