In this poem commemorating the visit of Japanese ambassadors to the United States, Whitman comments on the coming together of different countries and cultures--particularly those of the East with the West--in his home city of Manhattan.
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AUTHOR(S) OF - The Errand-Bearers; I6th 6th Month, Year 84 of the States
