Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Prose Works. 1892.
I. Specimen Days
Three Young Men's Deaths
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In any type of writing, there are three possible points of view: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, or me, you, and other. There are three periods of the English language’s history: Old, Middle, and Modern. And dramas traditionally have three parts: prot asis, epitasis, and catastrophe.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Prose Works. 1892.
I. Specimen Days
Three Young Men's Deaths
December 20. Continue reading Three Young Men
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939). Responsibilities and Other Poems. 1916.
The Three Hermits
THREE old hermits took the air
By a cold and desolate sea,
First was muttering a prayer,
Second rummaged for a flea;
On a windy stone, the third, 5
Giddy with his hundredth year,
Sang unnoticed like a bird.
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Thomas Love Peacock. 1785-1866
595. Three Men of Gotham
SEAMEN three! What men be ye?
Gotham's three wise men we be.
Whither in your bowl so free?
To rake the moon from out the sea.
The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine. 5
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