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Walt Whitman - On Journeys Through The States.

ON journeys through the States we start, 
(Ay, through the world—urged by these songs, 
Sailing henceforth to every land—to every sea;) 
We, willing learners of all, teachers of all, and lovers of all. 
  
We have watch’d the seasons dispensing themselves, and passing on,
We have said, Why should not a man or woman do as much as the seasons, and effuse as much?
    
  
We dwell a while in every city and town; 
We pass through Kanada, the north-east, the vast valley of the Mississippi, and the
    Southern
	States; 
We confer on equal terms with each of The States, 
We make trial of ourselves, and invite men and women to hear;
We say to ourselves, Remember, fear not, be candid, promulge the body and the Soul; 
Dwell a while and pass on—Be copious, temperate, chaste, magnetic, 
And what you effuse may then return as the seasons return, 
And may be just as much as the seasons.

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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 18. On Journeys Through The States.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 20. Leaves of Grass
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day: Jan 4 2006

Comment 2 of 2, added on December 7th, 2012 at 4:31 AM.
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Comment 1 of 2, added on November 27th, 2010 at 12:00 AM.
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