Walt Whitman's Voice

I stumbled across this article about the discovery of a recording of Walt Whitman's actual voice, reading a scrap of a poem, America, circa 1890. 1992 NYT article on the recording is here.

Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,

All, all alike endear'd , grown, un grown, young or old,

Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,

Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love.

A welcome reminder.