Ne Me Fermez Pas Vos Portes. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

The poet calls on proud libraries, with well-stocked shelves, not to reject his new book. Open the doors to 'Leaves of Grass' don't close them. The last line may seem boastful, but it is true: I thrilled to all of 'Leaves of Grass' when I first read it.
Whitman refers to emerging from the war, the Civil War 1861-1865, in which he was a male nurse on the Northern, abolitionist side, and he brought this experience to the poem. It is born of personal experience, not the meaningless abstract.