Race of Veterans
1819-1892
Race of veterans--race of victors!
Race of the soil, ready for conflict--race of the conquering march!
(No more credulity's race, abiding-temper'd race,)
Race henceforth owning no law but the law of itself,
Race of passion and the storm.
DayPoems Poem No. 2045
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2045.html">Race of Veterans by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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