A to Z 2026 Poetry V: “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night” by Walt Whitman (1865)

V: “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night” by Walt Whitman (1865) 

Bonus: 

Get 'em, Casey

Summary: Keeping vigil over your dead son.

Commentary: 

"One look I but gave which your dear eyes return’d with a look I shall never forget," is a great line.