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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPECIMEN OF AN INDUCTION TO A POEM by JOHN KEATS INSPIRATION (2) by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE COMING OF THE SNOW by MARION L. BERTRAND THE ROBIN REDBREAST by MATHILDE BLIND THE MAIDEN'S SORROW by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE FOUR WINDS by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT TO A YOUNG LADY WHO ASKED ME TO WRITE SOMETHING ORIGINAL FOR HER ALBUM by THOMAS CAMPBELL |