Walt Whitman, who based his long lines in his poetry collection
Leaves of Grass on the phrasing of the
King James Bible, influenced later American free verse composers, notably
Allen Ginsberg. One form of free verse was employed by
Christopher Smart in his long poem
Jubilate Agno (
Latin:
Rejoice in the Lamb), written some time between 1759 and 1763 but not published until 1939.