AS the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud,
A dread beyond, of I know not what, darkens me.
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I have read a few of the great poet Whitman's poems on this site today. There is something I do not understand. Here is a collection of the greatest poems of a very important figure in Poetry and those who pause to read him can only give him ratings of 4 and 5 out of ten. We are all welcome to our opinions of course. I just am curious why so many hold him so cheap.
Nice poem, I liked the words. I for one denounce the Salem witch trials