{"id":637,"date":"2010-09-09T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=637"},"modified":"2010-09-09T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:04:17","slug":"hushd-be-the-camps-to-day-by-walt-whitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/hushd-be-the-camps-to-day-by-walt-whitman\/","title":{"rendered":"HUSH’D BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY by Walt Whitman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HUSH’D BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY
\nby Walt Whitman<\/p>\n

(May 4, 1865)<\/p>\n

Hush’d be the camps to-day,
\nAnd soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons,
\nAnd each with musing soul retire to celebrate,
\nOur dear commander’s death.<\/p>\n

No more for him life’s stormy conflicts,
\nNor victory, nor defeat?no more time’s dark events,
\nCharging like ceaseless clouds across the sky.<\/p>\n

But sing poet in our name,
\nSing of the love we bore him?because you, dweller in camps, know it truly.<\/p>\n

As they invault the coffin there,
\nSing?as they close the doors of earth upon him?one verse,
\nFor the heavy hearts of soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HUSH’D BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY by Walt Whitman (May 4, 1865) Hush’d be the camps to-day, And soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons, And each with musing soul retire to celebrate, Our dear commander’s death. No more for him life’s stormy conflicts, Nor victory, nor defeat?no more time’s dark events, Charging like ceaseless clouds…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s","category-whitman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t