I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of…

I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies, I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other's necks, By the love of comrades, By the manly love of comrades.

Walt Whitman1819–1892 · poet · 1800s USAWalt Whitman was an American poet whose bold, free-flowing collection Leaves of Grass broke away from traditional rhyme and rhythm to celebrate everyday people, nature, and democracy.47 quotes

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What turned up: For You O Democracy — Leaves of Grass (1891–1892), Calamus; Complete middle stanza linking companionship and civic belonging. Checked in the Whitman Archive’s 1891–1892 edition text; long poetic lines rejoined across print wraps. Original public-domain English.
Work: For You O Democracy — Leaves of Grass (1891–1892), Calamus
Sources checked: whitmanarchive.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026For You O Democracy — Leaves of Grass (1891–1892), Calamus; Complete middle stanza linking companionship and civic belonging. Checked in the Whitman Archive’s 1891–1892 edition text; long poetic lines rejoined across print wraps. Original public-domain English.