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Quotation from O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
“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!, Stanza 1, lines 5-8 (Leaves of Grass, deathbed edition (1891-92))
The short indented lines turn abruptly from the cheering port to the dead captain on deck.
Citation: "But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead." — Walt Whitman, O Captain! My Captain!, Stanza 1, lines 5-8 (Leaves of Grass, deathbed edition (1891-92)). (id o-captain-my-captain-q2)
Portrait: Ocaptain, Walt Whitman, Public domain.
