USA WalT WhiTMan: Father of FrEE VerSe (05/31/1819 – 03/26/1892)

AmEriCa

by Walt Whitman


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.