1
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble;
I will make the most splendid race the sun ever yet shone upon;
I will make divine magnetic lands,
With the love of comrades,
With the life-long love of comrades.
2
I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along the
shores
of
the great lakes, and all over the prairies;
I will make inseparable cities, with their arms about each other's necks;
By the love of comrades,
By the manly love of comrades.
3
For you these, from me, O Democracy, to serve you, ma femme!
For you! for you, I am trilling these songs,
In the love of comrades,
In the high-towering love of comrades.
--Walt Whitman
8 comments:
Wow! I am very much inspired by this. Aunt, thanks for sharing this!
My pleasure. Whitman is amazing, my dear nephew.
Judith, before I finished reading the first verse I knew it was by Whitman, even though I didn't know the poem. He has a special, unmistakable voice. It's a shame more of us don't share the pure, sparkling vigor of his vision for this country.
DB
Ah, Whitman! You would know his voice, DB. Another you would know too. I love your vast knowledge and varied appreciation, dear sir.
And I thought it was commerce and money, much less "comrades".
Yeah, wmmbb, I think DB got it right when he spoke about Whitman's vision: "It's a shame more of us don't share the pure, sparkling vigor of his vision for this country."
Whitman always inspires me. I still remember calling myself a "Whitman enthusiast" in an undergraduate college essay. Love it!
Great description, Kelly!
Post a Comment