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Walt Whitman - I Dream’d in a Dream.

I DREAM’D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of
    the
	earth;
	
I dream’d that was the new City of Friends; 
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it led the rest; 
It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, 
And in all their looks and words.         5

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I Dream’d in a Dream. - Comments and Information

Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 32. I Dream’d in a Dream.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 3. Calamus
Year: Published/Written in 1900

Comment 3 of 3, added on February 5th, 2013 at 9:54 PM.
Awesome

The Perfect City..... Love this Poem.

Lisa from Canada
Comment 2 of 3, added on March 10th, 2009 at 9:28 PM.

The civil war, mexican war, and his witness of slavery influenced this particular poem.

Jessica Williamson from United States
Comment 1 of 3, added on December 20th, 2005 at 2:10 AM.

To me, this poem emphasizes the impossibility of a city built on love. He "dreams" of one, and even in his utopian dream there is still the rest of the world opposing it.

However, such a city would be invincible, as love conquers all.

PoeticExplosion from United States

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