Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892
Birthday: May 31
Death: March 26
There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became.
source: Walt Whitman (2011). “Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition”, p.221, University of Iowa Press
topic: Children, Leaves Of Grass, Firsts