Content:
On one side of this scrap are notes about the tulip tree (Liriodendron),
which Whitman used in "The Lesson of a
Tree," first published in
Specimen
Days & Collect
in 1882–1883. It was later reprinted in
Complete Prose Works
(1892). The other
side of the scrap bears a quotation from John Addington Symonds's
Studies of the Greek Poets,
the first
edition of which was published in 1873.
Content:
A partial draft of "The Lesson of a Tree," which was published as a section of
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882–1883), and collected in
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
Content:
A draft fragment that Whitman used in slightly revised form in "The Lesson of a Tree,"
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882–1883) before including it in
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
