One poem by this author describes a "female form" and how a "divine nimbus exhales from it from head to foot" before the speaker claims he is "drawn by its breath" like a "helpless vapor."
One poem by this author describes a "female form" and how a "divine nimbus exhales from it from head to foot" before the speaker claims he is "drawn by its breath" like a "helpless vapor." In another poem, this author orders "Flow on, river! Flow with the flood-tide, and ebb with the ebb-tide" after describing those who "will enter the gates of the (*) ferry and cross from shore to shore." A poem by this author concludes with a lengthy list that includes "ankles, instep, foot-ball, toes" before the line "O I say now these are the soul!" In another poem, this author claims the "ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done" and repeats that its title figure is "fallen cold and dead." For 10 points, name this poet of "I Sing the Body Electric" and "O Captain! My Captain!" 
One poem by this author describes a "female form" and how a "divine nimbus exhales from it from head to foot" before the speaker claims he is "drawn by its breath" like a "helpless vapor."
Walt Whitman 