Asked so often to recite this poem, the author said of it, "I'm almost sorry I ever wrote it."
Asked so often to recite this poem, the author said of it, "I'm almost sorry I ever wrote it." Nevertheless, the author revised this poem frequently, producing versions in 1866 and 1871 of this widely anthologized poem from _Leaves of Grass_. While widely popular when first published in the _Saturday Press_, more recent interest has come from its use in _Dead Poet's Society_. For ten points, name this Walt Whitman poem mourning Abraham Lincoln's death.
Asked so often to recite this poem, the author said of it, "I'm almost sorry I ever wrote it."
{“O Captain, My Captain”}