Walt Whitman - I Hear It Was Charged Against Me

I hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions,
But really I am neither for nor against institutions,
(What indeed have I in common with them? or what with the
destruction of them?)
Only I will establish in the Mannahatta and in every city of these
States inland and seaboard,
And in the fields and woods, and above every keel little or large
that dents the water,
Without edifices or rules or trustees or any argument,
The institution of the dear love of comrades.

Submited by

Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 15:54

Poesia Consagrada :

No votes yet

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman's picture
Offline
Title: Membro
Last seen: 14 years 5 days ago
Joined: 04/08/2011
Posts:
Points: 849

Add comment

Login to post comments

other contents of Walt Whitman

Topic Title Replies Views Last Postsort icon Language
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Eidolons 0 13.415 04/09/2011 - 15:17 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Earth, My Likeness 0 3.437 04/09/2011 - 15:13 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Dying Veteran 0 2.807 04/09/2011 - 15:11 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Dirge for Two Veterans 0 3.256 04/09/2011 - 15:10 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Delicate Cluster 0 2.401 04/09/2011 - 15:08 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Death of General Grant 0 4.140 04/09/2011 - 15:04 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Dead Tenor 0 2.223 04/09/2011 - 15:02 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Darest Thou Now O Soul 0 3.095 04/09/2011 - 15:00 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Dalliance of Eagles 0 5.451 04/09/2011 - 01:33 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 0 4.406 04/09/2011 - 01:32 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Continuities 0 4.417 04/09/2011 - 01:30 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Commonplace 0 4.273 04/09/2011 - 01:28 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Come Up from the Fields Father 0 4.304 04/09/2011 - 01:27 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - City of Ships 0 2.599 04/09/2011 - 01:26 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - City of Orgies 0 2.529 04/09/2011 - 01:25 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The City Dead-House 0 3.225 04/09/2011 - 01:24 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Chanting the Square Deific 0 3.339 04/09/2011 - 01:22 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - The Centenarian's Story 0 3.534 04/09/2011 - 01:20 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Cavalry Crossing a Ford 0 6.231 04/09/2011 - 01:19 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine 0 2.951 04/09/2011 - 01:18 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - Camps of Green 0 5.834 04/09/2011 - 01:16 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame 0 4.801 04/09/2011 - 01:14 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By That Long Scan of Waves 0 5.145 04/09/2011 - 01:12 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By Broad Potomac's Shore 0 4.071 04/09/2011 - 01:10 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Walt Whitman - By Blue Ontario's Shore 0 1.970 04/09/2011 - 01:05 English