O Captain! My Captain!

Lyrics

1. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel 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. 2. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-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. 3. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor 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;         Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!                  But I, with mournful tread,                         Walk the deck my Captain lies,                                 Fallen cold and dead.