Enjoy Walt Whitman's classic poetry collection, 'Leaves of Grass', in this beautiful gift format with printed page edges. The work is a clarion call to his country's people to join together in the 'crowning growth of the United States'. Its patriotic zeal made him a symbol of democracy in his country long before he achieved fame there as a poet. The intense emotion of Whitman's verse celebrates the regenerative power of nature and the immortal divinity of the human soul. His passionate beliefs are evident throughout this volume.