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Walt Whitman

bjones
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Walt Whitman
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Hello everybody!!
Summer holidays are just round the corner in Spain and I wanted my students to read some poetry in English. Some of them will be going to a different school next year so I �d like them to read a poem in front of an audience on the last day of term.
The thing is that I like a poem by Whitman but I only know the Spanish translation.
"No te detengas
No dejes que termine el d�a sin haber crecido un poco, sin haber sido feliz, sin haber aumentado tus sue�os (...)"
( It �s about the importance of dreaming and that we all can make a change ... )
Could anybody tell me what the original version is, please? I �d be really thankful.
Nice week!!
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23 May 2010
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yanogator
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Hi,
According to this website, it �s incorrectly attributed to Whitman:
Bruce |
23 May 2010
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bjones
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Yes, I had heard that before. Anyway, what I need is the poem in English; That �s all.
Thank U soooooo much!!
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23 May 2010
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savvinka
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Dear Bjones! I can �t answer yr question, as I don �t knoe the poem you are looking for. But I like Whiteman �s poetry very much and want to share my favourite one with you. My sts recited it with pleasure because there �s an event in the poem and it �s very important for the actors to perform | | | |