by Whitman · Cluster: Grief and Loss · Elegy · Clothing and Costume
Abstract
America bends in mourning for a dead Emperor, condoling less the crown than a good old man and patriot.
Connections
Topoi: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Archetypes: King Motifs: Crown, Sea Themes & Concepts: Grief and Loss, Mortality Forms & Genres: Elegy
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: SANDS AT SEVENTY
To-day, with bending head and eyes, thou, too, Columbia,
Less for the mighty crown laid low in sorrow—less for the Emperor,
Thy true condolence breathest, sendest out o’er many a salt sea mile,
Mourning a good old man—a faithful shepherd, patriot.