Poetry Manuscripts

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The _^ ^{Coming in,

a

A

group of} little children, and their

ways and chatter, flow in, ^{upon me}

Like _^ ^welcome ripplingwater o'er my

heated _^ ^{nerves and}flesh.

Walt Whitman

Date: This manuscript was likely written in 1890 or early 1891, shortly before the poem'spublication.

Editorial note: "After the Argument" was published first in Lippincott'sMagazine, March, 1891.; The verso of the manuscript leaf is blank.

Location: After the Argument | The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of WaltWhitman, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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