Quotation by Walt Whitman

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And the voice of my spirit tallied the song of the bird.

Come lovely and soothing death,
Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving,
In the day, in the night, to all, to each,
Sooner or later delicate death.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819–1892), U.S. poet. Memories of President Lincoln (l. 18–20). . .

The Complete Poems [Walt Whitman]. Francis Murphy, ed. (1975; repr. 1986) Penguin Books.

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