Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands,
Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands,
There the great city stands.


'Song of the Broad Axe' (1881)

Walt Whitman Quotes

Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great city stands.

Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great city stands.

Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great city stands.

Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great city stands.