I DREAM’D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth;

I dream’d that was the new City of Friends;

Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it led the rest;

It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city,

And in all their looks and words.

 

--Walt Whitman (1819–1892).  Leaves of Grass.

Film Preview:   Monsignor Michael Doyle of Sacred Heart Church recites Walt Whitman.
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