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American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Memory (O Captain! My Captain!). Walt Whitman (1819-1892) wrote this dirge for the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. ... Restlessly creative, Whitman was still revising "O Captain! My Captain!" decades after its creation.
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O Captain! My Captain! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walt Whitman Wrote A Letter ; February 9, 1888 ; Have you ever kept rewriting a story or poem because you just weren't satisfied with it? Walt Whitman wrote his poem about President Lincoln, "O Captain! My Captain!" in 1865, but he revised it in 1866, and again in 1871.
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"O Captain! My Captain!"; This Library of Congress site offers background resources for the study of Whitman’s famous poem, "O Captain! My Captain!" After previewing the site, click on Letter and Corrected Reprint and read Alice L. Birney’s comments on this letter.
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O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart!
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American government & politics portal. Free online textbook, documents library and more. ... O captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the stead keel, the vessel grim and daring.
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