Poèmes de Walt Whitman

Par Walt Whitman

En commençant mes études le premier pas m’a plu si fort,
Le simple fait de la conscience, ces formes, la motilité,
Le moindre insecte ou animal, les sens, la vue, l’amour,
Le premier pas, dis-je, m’a frappé d’un tel respect et plu si fort,
Que je ne suis guère allé et n’ai guère eu envie d’aller plus loin,
Mais de m’arrêter à musarder tout le temps pour chanter cela en chants extasiés.

• Langue: Français
• Éditeur: Walt Whitman
• Date de sortie: 6 nov. 2015
• ISBN: 9788892515246

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, New York in 1819. He spent most of his early life in Brooklyn where he served as editor for a number of newspapers for brief periods. His first major work, Leaves of Grass, was published in 1855 and was subsequently published in nine enlarged editions throughout his lifetime. In 1862 in the midst of the Civil War, Whitman set out for the battlefield to find his wounded brother and continued to volunteer in hospitals throughout the length of the war. He died in 1892.