Hudson River Sights by Walt Whitman

Hudson River Sights by Walt Whitman

This piece presents Walt Whitman's prose observations from his 1882 collection Specimen Days & Collect, capturing the poet's impressions of Hudson River life during the industrial era.

Whitman celebrates the construction of the Hudson River Railroad along the shore, noting that "The grade is already made by nature; you are sure of ventilation one side—and you are in nobody's way." He finds beauty in the constant movement of trains and freight cars, describin

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