Oh, Captain! My Captain!

　　Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

　　The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is worn,

　　The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting²,

　　While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel³ grim and daring;

　　But O heart! heart! heart！

　　O the bleeding drops of red！

　　Where on the deck my Captain lies,

　　Fallen cold and dead.

　　O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

　　Rise up——for you the flag is flung——for you the bugle⁴ trills,

　　For you bouquets⁵ and ribbon'd wreaths——for you the shores crowding,

　　For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

　　Here, Captain! dear father!

　　This arm beneath your head;

　　It is some dream that on the deck

　　You've fallen cold and dead.

　　My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,

　　My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse or will;

　　The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

　　From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

　　Exult¹, O Shores! and ring, O bell!

　　But I, with mournful tread,

　　Walk the deck my Captain lies,

　　Fallen cold and dead.