America

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.

(Walt Whitman)




Gravação de 36 segundos, em cilindro de cera, do que se pensa ser a voz de Walt Whitman lendo quatro linhas do poema "America". (The Walt Whitman Arquive)