Hush'd Be the Camps Today
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
Hush'd be the camps today,
And soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons,
And each with musing soul retire to celebrate,
Our dear commander's death.
No more for him life's stormy conflicts,
Nor victory, nor defeat--no more time's dark events,
Charging like ceaseless clouds across the sky.
But sing poet in our name,
Sing of the love we bore him--because you, dweller in camps, know it truly.
As they invault the coffin there,
Sing--as they close the doors of earth upon him--one verse,
For the heavy hearts of soldiers.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2, 3 |
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