{"product_id":"the-patriotic-poems-of-walt-whitman-von-walt-whitman","title":"The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHICK-SPRINKLED BUNTING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThick-sprinkled bunting! flag of stars!Long yet your road, fateful flag¿long yet your \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroad, and lined with bloody death,For the prize I see at issue at last is the world,All its \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eships and shores I see interwoven with your threads greedy banner;Dream'd again the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflags of kings, highest borne, to flaunt unrival'd?O hasten flag of man¿O with sure and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esteady step, passing highest flags of kings,Walk supreme to the heavens mighty \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esymbol¿run up above them all,Flag of stars! thick-sprinkled bunting! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEAT! BEAT! DRUMS! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeat! beat! drums!¿blow! bugles! blow!Through the windows¿through doors¿burst \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elike a ruthless force,Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,Into the school \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere the scholar is studying;Leave not the bridegroom quiet¿no happiness must he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave now with his bride,Not the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egathering his grain,So fierce you whirr and pound you drums¿so shrill you bugles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeat! beat! drums!¿blow! bugles! blow!Over the traffic of cities¿over the rumble of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewheels in the streets;Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emust sleep in those beds,No bargainers' bargains by day¿no brokers or speculators¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewould theycontinue?Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esing?Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge?Then rattle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equicker, heavier drums¿you bugles wilder blow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeat! beat! drums!¿blow! bugles! blow!Make no parley¿stop for no \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpostulation,Mind not the timid¿mind not the weeper or prayer,Mind not the old man \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeseeching the young man,Let not the child's voice be heard, nor the mother's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eentreaties,Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehearses,So strong you thump O terrible drums¿so loud you bugles blow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041987269\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEchoes of a Nation: Whitman's transition of America\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041987269","offer_id":48242128847173,"sku":"9791041987269","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b21e77d8-3323-481d-92df-f4faf152dfda.jpg?v=1768456652","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-patriotic-poems-of-walt-whitman-von-walt-whitman","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}