The American poet Walt Whitman greatly admired Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and was deeply affected by his assassination,...
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O Captain! My Captain! (category Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln)
written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman's first to be...
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LGBT history in New York (19th century) Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln Walt Whitman's lectures on Abraham Lincoln Reynolds, 314. Loving, 480. Reynolds...
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American poet Walt Whitman gave a lecture on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, several times between 1879 and 1890. The lecture...
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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (category Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln)
Bloom'd" is a long poem written by American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) as an elegy to President Abraham Lincoln. It was written in the summer of 1865 during...
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This Dust Was Once the Man (category Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln)
brief elegy written by Walt Whitman in 1871. It was dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, whom Whitman greatly admired. The...
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Walt Whitman, arguably the American poet of the 19th century, reported on the inauguration for the Republican-aligned New York Times. While Lincoln did...
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Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day (category Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln)
a poem by Walt Whitman dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. The poem was written on April 19, 1865, shortly after Lincoln's assassination. Whitman greatly admired...
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The Walt Whitman Award is a poetry award administered by the Academy of American Poets. Named after poet Walt Whitman, the award is based on a competition...
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The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey, United States, which was the last residence of American poet Walt Whitman, in his...
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Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination...
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On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin...
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Leaves of Grass (redirect from Excelsior (Whitman))
American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves...
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Proclamation. Mary Todd Lincoln fondly recalled the campus; in 1865, she wrote, "How dearly I loved the Soldiers' Home." Poet Walt Whitman, who was living on...
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This article lists the complete poetic bibliography of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), predominantly consisting of his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, in...
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verse." Describing Lincoln as a martyr became a "popular sub-genre." Walt Whitman was fascinated by Lincoln during the Civil War and wrote several poems...
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flagship newspaper, The Long-Islander, was founded by American poet Walt Whitman in 1838. It is the oldest continuously-published community newspaper...
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Peter Doyle (transit worker) (category People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln)
of Walt Whitman from around 1865 to 1876, and to some extent to Whitman's death in 1892. Doyle also witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in...
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of sentries. Again, off east, Lincoln hospital, a still larger one; and half a mile further Emory hospital. — Walt Whitman, "Hospitals Ensemble", Complete...
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habits, and associations, the rules of decorum, [and] propriety proscribed by a christian civilization." Among this group was the poet Walt Whitman, then...
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David S. Reynolds (section Early life and education)
fifteen books, on the Civil War era—including figures such as Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph...
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manuscripts of Walt Whitman and Stephen Collins Foster. He also expanded to alleged works of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and created surveys...
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Lincoln poems may refer to: Poetry of Abraham Lincoln Poetry on Abraham Lincoln Walt Whitman's poems on Abraham Lincoln This disambiguation page lists...
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Drum-Taps (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry composed by American poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War. The collection was published in May 1865. The...
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birthplace of American poet Walt Whitman. The Whitman family's connection to Long Island dates back to the early 17th century and their property once covered...
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Sequel to Drum-Taps (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
in the Dooryard Bloom'd and other poems is a collection of eighteen poems written and published by American poet Walt Whitman in 1865. Most of the poems...
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New York to hear Walt Whitman give his famous "Death of Abraham Lincoln" lecture. Afterwards, he had the opportunity to meet Whitman, an experience he...
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Edgar Lee Masters (category Biographers of Abraham Lincoln)
those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. He was born in Garnett, Kansas, to attorney Hardin Wallace Masters and Emma Jerusha...
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Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel, part of the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal. The novel describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln...
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Lilacs (Walker) (category Musical settings of poems by Walt Whitman)
Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", by poet Walt Whitman. Whitman wrote the poem as an elegy to President Abraham Lincoln after his death on 15 April 1865. The...
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