Art-Sheep Tv

Here’s Walt Whitman reading his poem “America.” It was taken from a wax cylinder recording Thomas Edison made in 1889 or 1890—although the recording’s authenticity is somewhatdisputed. The last two lines of the poem are not read.

Watch the famous poet from the Harlem Renaissance read his poem \”The Weary Blues,\” while the Doug Parker Band plays jazz in the background.