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Both parts of the title are underlined. A wavy line appears at the foot of that
section. The word "Original" at the head of the upper section suggests that
Whitman was sketching out a new poem for a revised edition of
Leaves of Grass
. If it was the 1860
edition, as his style of inscription here appears to indicate, it is possible that
this leaf could represent an early stage of the poem that would eventually become
"City of Orgies", 1867.
