1. ۱ON journeys through the States we start,
2. ۲(Ay, through the world—urged by these songs,
3. ۳Sailing henceforth to every land—to every sea;)
4. ۴We, willing learners of all, teachers of all, and lovers of all.
5. ۵
6. ۶We have watch’d the seasons dispensing themselves, and passing on,
7. ۷We have said, Why should not a man or woman do as much as the seasons, and effuse as much?
8. ۸
9. ۹
10. ۱۰We dwell a while in every city and town;
11. ۱۱We pass through Kanada, the north-east, the vast valley of the Mississippi, and the
12. ۱۲ Southern
13. ۱۳ States;
14. ۱۴We confer on equal terms with each of The States,
15. ۱۵We make trial of ourselves, and invite men and women to hear;
16. ۱۶We say to ourselves, Remember, fear not, be candid, promulge the body and the Soul;
17. ۱۷Dwell a while and pass on—Be copious, temperate, chaste, magnetic,
18. ۱۸And what you effuse may then return as the seasons return,
19. ۱۹And may be just as much as the seasons.