Love
Race of Veterans
From Leaves of Grass
Love
Race of veterans--race of victors!
Race of the soil, ready for conflict--race of the conquering march!
(No more credulity’s race, abiding-temper’d race,)
Race henceforth owning no law but the law of itself,
Race of passion and the storm.
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Race of Veterans.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/170/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Race of Veterans.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/170/.
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