WALT WHITMAN LITERARY FILE Poetry "Death of General Grant" A Ms S, 1885 Box 1 Folder 6 Death of Gen: Grant As one by one withdraw the lofty actors From that great play on history's stage eterne, That lurid, partial act of war and peace — of old and new contending. Fought out through wrath, fears, dark dismays, and many a long suspense: All past — and since, in countless graves receding, mellowing, Victor's and vanquish'd — Lincoln's and Lee's — now thou with them, Man of the mighty days — and equal the days! Thou from the Prairies! - tangled and many vein'd and hard has been thy part; To admiration has it been enacted. Walt Whitman 1885 autograph, Walt Whitman's poem Death of Gen: Grant Autograph Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.