When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer


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Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with a variety of popular literary genres which appealed to the cultural tastes of the period. As early as 1850, he began writing what would become Leaves of Grass, a collection of poetry which he would continue editing and revising until his death. Whitman intended to write a distinctly American epic and used free verse with a cadence based on the Bible. At the end of June 1855, Whitman surprised his brothers with the already-printed first edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman paid for the publication of the first edition of Leaves of Grass himself. ( Wikipedia )

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When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by ALP 0:58 Read by Algy Pug
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by BK 1:15 Read by Bruce Kachuk
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by CAL 0:58 Read by Christine Lehman
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When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by IK 1:07 Read by Ian King
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by JCB 1:01 Read by Jason in Panama
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by JW 0:58 Read by Julia Ward
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by LAH 1:02 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by MK 1:02 Read by Maria Kasper
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by MSD 0:59 Read by Matthew Datcher
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by NWR 0:56 Read by Nathan Rosquist
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by PS 0:51 Read by Phil Schempf
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by PY 1:00 Read by Peter Yearsley
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by RHM 1:15 Read by Rachel Murray
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by SWS 1:03 Read by Scotty Smith
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