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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 1. Mannahatta


My city's fit and noble name resumed,
Choice aboriginal name, with marvellous beauty, meaning,
A rocky founded island—shores where ever gayly dash the coming,
      going, hurrying sea waves.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 12. Mediums
  2. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 16. From Far Dakota's Canyons [June 25, 1876]
  3. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 11. Shakspere-Bacon’s Cipher
  4. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 24. Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour
  5. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 30. Race of Veterans


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