Death & Dying
What Place Is Besieged?
From Leaves of Grass
Death & Dying
What place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?
Lo, I send to that place a commander, swift, brave, immortal,
And with him horse and foot, and parks of artillery,
And artillery-men, the deadliest that ever fired gun.
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MLA
Whitman, Walt. “What Place Is Besieged?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/18/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “What Place Is Besieged?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/18/.
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