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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 22. Memories of President Lincoln. 4. This Dust Was Once the Man


This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States. 



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 28. Old Salt Kossabone
  2. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 21. Visor'd
  3. Leaves of Grass. 33. Songs of Parting. 1. As the Time Draws Nigh
  4. Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 16. The Last Invocation
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 29. Grand Is the Seen


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