America
Published in Poem Of The Day
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair'd in the adamant of Time.
About this poem
"America" appears in the "First Annex: Sands at Seventy" section of Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" (1891-1892).
About Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman is widely considered one of America's most important poets. He worked as a printer, teacher and journalist in the New York City area. Whitman composed and updated his seminal work, "Leaves of Grass," throughout his entire adult life.
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