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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. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 13. Bravo, Paris Exposition!
  2. Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 7. Assurances
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 56. Old Age's Lambent Peaks
  4. Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 18. Pensive and Faltering
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 8. An Ended Day


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