English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 17. The Ship Starting. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен)

Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 17. The Ship Starting

Lo, the unbounded sea,
On its breast a ship starting, spreading all sails, carrying even
         her moonsails.
The pennant is flying aloft as she speeds she speeds so stately—
         below emulous waves press forward,
They surround the ship with shining curving motions and foam.

Walt Whitman’s other poems:

1. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 10. To the Pending Year
2. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 11. Shakspere-Bacon’s Cipher
3. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 13. Bravo, Paris Exposition!
4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 24. The Commonplace
5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 14. Memories

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