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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 18. Pensive and Faltering


Pensive and faltering,
The words the Dead I write,
For living are the Dead,
(Haply the only living, only real,
And I the apparition, I the spectre.)



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 31. Yonnondio
  2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 39. Life and Death
  3. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 8. Perfections
  4. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 1. Sail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht!


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