America
By
Walt Whitman
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AMERICA.
1Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
2All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old,
3Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
4Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
5A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
6Chair'd in the adamant of Time.