"O Captain! , My Captain!"

YelloWCarD · 01-24-2008, 05:50 PM

When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a war-weary nation was plunged into shock. The last great battles of the Civil War were still a recent memory, and the murder of the president seemed to be a bloody, pointless coda to four years of conflict and instability. There was a great outpouring of grief across the country, and poems and songs were written mourning the nation’s loss.

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FROM http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/...y_captain.html

"O Captain! , My Captain!"

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Anza · 01-24-2008, 05:57 PM

Which is notes and which is what they put? I'm not familiar with the peice...

DeathAngel · 01-24-2008, 06:15 PM

Whitman was an odd guy for those times,
I like him, he didn't write like the rest of the other folks and had a good head on his shoulders,
he had/has a unique style for his time and this,

Dead Poets Society

01-24-2008, 05:50 PM	#1
YelloWCarD Be curious not judgmental Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Manchester,England Posts: 10	"O Captain! , My Captain!" When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a war-weary nation was plunged into shock. The last great battles of the Civil War were still a recent memory, and the murder of the president seemed to be a bloody, pointless coda to four years of conflict and instability. There was a great outpouring of grief across the country, and poems and songs were written mourning the nation’s loss. .... FROM http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/...y_captain.html "O Captain! , My Captain!" O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. __________________ My Favorite Authors Edgar Allan Poe "Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant..." Walt Whitman "Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? "

01-24-2008, 05:57 PM	#2
Anza Non Compos Mentis Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: At the boundary of oblivion, a little past the point of no return, balanced on a razor's edge Posts: 774 Blog Entries: 146	Which is notes and which is what they put? I'm not familiar with the peice... __________________ If it's worth complaining about, it's completely worth doing yourself!

01-24-2008, 06:15 PM	#3
DeathAngel -Poca Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: in a watery grave... Posts: 98 Blog Entries: 21	Whitman was an odd guy for those times, I like him, he didn't write like the rest of the other folks and had a good head on his shoulders, he had/has a unique style for his time and this, Dead Poets Society __________________ "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." -Winston Churchill

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