"America" (1888)
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.
For more:
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Ed. Jerome Loving.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.