"In silence in dreams' projections," this poet is faithful and "[does] not give out" as a flame burns "deep in [his] breast" while "with impassive hand" he dresses wounds. This poet tells "a shy and hidden" "gray-brown bird" "in the swamp in secluded recesses" to "sing on, warble your reedy song" while he sings "a reminiscence" of his childhood "Out of the mocking-bird's throat," and "Out of the cradle endlessly rocking." This poet "shall mourn with the ever-returning spring," when the "lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west" makes him think "of him I love." For 10 points, name this poet of "When Lilac
"In silence in dreams' projections," this poet is faithful and "[does] not give out" as a flame burns "deep in [his] breast" while "with impassive hand" he dresses wounds. This poet tells "a shy and hidden" "gray-brown bird" "in the swamp in secluded recesses" to "sing on, warble your reedy song" while he sings "a reminiscence" of his childhood "Out of the mocking-bird's throat," and "Out of the cradle endlessly rocking." This poet "shall mourn with the ever-returning spring," when the "lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west" makes him think "of him I love." For 10 points, name this poet of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and Leaves of Grass.
"In silence in dreams' projections," this poet is faithful and "[does] not give out" as a flame burns "deep in [his] breast" while "with impassive hand" he dresses wounds.
Walter "Walt" Whitman