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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. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 24. The Commonplace
  2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 6. Proudly the Flood Comes In
  3. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 6. Thoughts
  4. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 20. Thought
  5. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 27. Others May Praise What They Like


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