1. Home »
  2. American Poets »
  3. Walt Whitman

Lessons.

by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;
But I teach lessons of war and death to those I love,
That they readily meet invasions, when they come.




Quotes of the Day

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
• William Shakespeare


Poems of the Day
  • Carl Sandburg
    The South Wind Say So
    by Carl Sandburg
    IF the oriole calls like last year when the south wind sings in the oats, if the leaves climb and climb on a bean pole saying over a song learnt from the south wind,