Long, too Long, O Land! - A poem by Walt Whitman


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Walt Whitman - Long, too Long, O Land!

LONG, too long, O land, 
Traveling roads all even and peaceful, you learn’d from joys and prosperity only; 
But now, ah now, to learn from crises of anguish—advancing, grappling with direst
    fate,
	and
	recoiling not; 
And now to conceive, and show to the world, what your children en-masse really are; 
(For who except myself has yet conceiv’d what your children en-masse really are?) 
        
	 
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Poet: Walt Whitman Poem: 20. Long, too Long, O Land! Volume: Leaves of Grass - 8. Drum-Taps Year: Published/Written in 1900 Poem of the Day: Dec 26 2006 Comment 2 of 2, added on January 18th, 2013 at 7:01 AM. xhzPkUxVTwrVbPU Articles like this are an example of quick, helpful awnsres. Regina from China Comment 1 of 2, added on February 13th, 2005 at 10:00 PM. Really a poem about the sacrifice a nation needs to make and the courage needed to be recognized as a nation which deserves what it has. America went a long time before sufferring the terrible hardships of a war. Per haps too long. jon from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Long, too Long, O Land!, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Walt Whitman Poem: 20. Long, too Long, O Land! Volume: Leaves of Grass - 8. Drum-Taps Year: Published/Written in 1900 Last read: 2013-05-25 04:47:36 Poem of the Day: Dec 26 2006 Viewed 8219 times. Added Feb 7 2004.

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