Quote#Friendship
Now obey thy cherished secret wish
Quote byWalt Whitman · 1819–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Now Finalè to the Shore (To Tennyson).
English (original)
Now obey thy cherished secret wish, Embrace thy friends—leave all in order; To port and hawser's tie no more returning, Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
— Walt Whitman
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