Уолт Уитмен (Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, США) — американский поэт и публицист. Новатор свободного стиха. Carpe Diem оригинальный текст: Do not let the day end without having grown a bit, without being happy, without having risen your dreams. Do not let overcome by disappointment. Do not let anyone you remove the right to express yourself, which is almost a duty. Do not forsake the yearning to make your life something special. Be sure to believe that words and poetry it can change the world. Whatever happens, our essence is intact. We are beings full of passion. Life is desert and oasis. We breakdowns, hurts us, teaches us, makes us protagonists of our own history. Although the wind blow against the powerful work continues: You can make a stanza. Never stop dreaming, because in a dream, man is free. Do not fall into the worst mistakes: the silence. Most live in a dreadful silence. Do not resign escape. “Issued by my screams roofs of this world,” says the poet. Rate the beauty of the simpl