From Paumanok Starting

1FROM Paumanock starting, I fly like a bird,

2Around and around to soar, to sing the idea of all;

3To the north betaking myself, to sing there arctic songs,

4To Kanada, till I absorb Kanada in myself—to Michigan then,

5To Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, to sing their songs, (they are inimitable;)

6Then to Ohio and Indiana to sing theirs—to Missouri and Kansas and Arkansas, to sing

7 theirs,

8To Tennessee and Kentucky—to the Carolinas and Georgia, to sing theirs,

9To Texas, and so along up toward California, to roam accepted everywhere;

10To sing first, (to the tap of the war-drum, if need be,)

11The idea of all—of the western world, one and inseparable.

12And then the song of each member of These States.