Leaves of Grass

<p><b>Enjoy Walt Whitman''s classic poetry collection, <i>Leaves of Grass</i>, in this beautiful gift format with printed page edges. </b><br><br>Walt Whitman''s <i>Leaves of Grass</i> is a clarion call to his country''s people to join together in the "crowning growth of the United States". Its patriotic zeal made him a symbol of democracy in his country long before he achieved fame there as a poet.<br><br>The intense emotion of Whitman''s verse celebrates the regenerative power of nature and the immortal divinity of the human soul. His passionate beliefs are evident throughout this volume - in the radical "I Sing the Body Electric"; the patriotic "I Hear America Singing"; and the romantic "As if a Phantom Caress''d Me".<br><br>This collection (the so-called "deathbed" edition of 1892) represents the culmination of Whitman''s life''s work and contains more than 400 poems.</p>