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Quotation from O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
“Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.”
O Captain! My Captain!, Stanza 3, lines 21-24 (Leaves of Grass, deathbed edition (1891-92))
The poem closes by letting the nation celebrate while the speaker keeps his watch of grief.
Citation: "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead." — Walt Whitman, O Captain! My Captain!, Stanza 3, lines 21-24 (Leaves of Grass, deathbed edition (1891-92)). (id o-captain-my-captain-q5)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Ocaptain, Walt Whitman, Public domain.
