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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD.
FROM Paumanok starting I fly like a bird, |
Around and around to soar to sing the idea of all, |
To the north betaking myself to sing there arctic songs, |
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To Kanada till I absorb Kanada in myself, to Michigan then, |
To Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, to sing their songs, (they are
inimitable;)
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Then to Ohio and Indiana to sing theirs, to Missouri and Kansas
and Arkansas to sing theirs,
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To Tennessee and Kentucky, to the Carolinas and Georgia to sing
theirs,
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To Texas and so along up toward California, to roam accepted
everywhere;
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To sing first, (to the tap of the war-drum if need be,) |
The idea of all, of the Western world one and inseparable, |
And then the song of each member of these States. |
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