1. To conclude — I announce what comes after me,

The thought must be promulged, that all I know at any time suffices for that time only — not subsequent time;

I announce greater offspring, orators, days, and then depart.

2. I remember I said to myself at the winter-close, before my leaves sprang at all, that I would become a candid and unloosed summer-poet,

I said I would raise my voice jocund and strong, with reference to consummations.

3. When America does what was promised,

When each part is peopled with free people,

When there is no city on earth to lead my city, the city of young men, the Mannahatta city — But when the Mannahatta leads all the cities of the earth,

When there are plentiful athletic bards, inland and seaboard,

When through These States walk a hundred millions of superb persons,

When the rest part away for superb persons, and contribute to them,