Mannahatta
1819-1892
My city's fit and noble name resumed,
Choice aboriginal name, with marvellous beauty, meaning,
A rocky founded island--shores where ever gayly dash the coming,
going, hurrying sea waves.
DayPoems Poem No. 2167
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2167.html">Mannahatta by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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