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FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD.

FROM Paumanok starting, I fly like a bird,
Around and around to soar, to sing the idea of all;
To the north betaking myself, to sing there arctic songs,
To Kanada, 'till I absorb Kanada in myself — to Michi-     gan then,
To Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, to sing their songs,      (they are inimitable;)
Then to Ohio and Indiana to sing theirs — to Missouri      and Kansas and Arkansas to sing theirs,
To Tennessee and Kentucky — to the Carolinas and      Georgia, to sing theirs,
To Texas, and so along up toward California, to roam      accepted everywhere;
To sing first, (to the tap of the war-drum, if need be,)
The idea of all — of the western world, one and insep-     arable,
And then the song of each member of These States.