Song of the Broad-Axe

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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women,
If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Topic

Cities

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Song of the Broad-Axe Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of the Broad-Axe." Leaves of Grass. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881-82, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of the Broad-Axe." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 4.