Please help me find the author and the words to this poem.

Whitman's tribute to President Lincoln is listed under our classical poems list, but since you are our one thousandth visitor, I'll just post it for you.

O Captain! My Captain!
by Walt Whitman


O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
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! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Les

Walt WHitman wrote Oh Captain My Captain

what does this poem mean? I know this was Whitman's tribute to President Lincoln. I think it is about the Civil War.

Casey, there is some discussion of the poem here:

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Les

what other poems did walt whitman write, he sounds do familiar

Pauly, he wrote many poems. Some of which are here:

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Les

where can i find this poem and stuff about it