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But for your time,

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—duly the hinge

a‑turning,

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^{And yet} Nor you and yours the end, ^alone twilight

and hurrying ebb

I see

^But Nor these _^^{youe and yours} ^you ^ye alone —_^^{twilight and hurrying ebb}—nor

ebb, nor tones of ^{lost designs_^^alone}

seeming ^deep death ^murk alone,^{nor failures aspirations}

I know _^^divine deceitful one^shows ^ones ! through ^duly

all thy ^your seeming ^glamour'sseeming

Many ^Through ^all the discord parts that round Time's

diapason.)

Duly from you the inborne

tides _^^tide again—duly the ^{—the swell} ^{the tones}^{duly the}

hinge a‑twining^{elate again—[man?]}

(Many the discord parts to round ^Time's diapason)

(Duly to me _{from you} [deletion,illegible]—from sleep

^Duly.[deletion,illegible] Night, ebbing tides _^^{—from ^all the liquid utterance there in the twilight ripples whispers} —even

from Death itself I hear

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The ^A ^The rhythmus of life eternal.)

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Many the parts ^{discord parts to}

round the ^Time's diapason

Date: Whitman probably composed this manuscript shortly before its publication in 1885.

Editorial note

This manuscript is a draft of the poem "And Yet Not You Alone," first published in the "Fancies at Navesink" sequence of poems in the August 1885 issue of Nineteenth Century.

The verso of the manuscript leaf is blank.

Notes written on manuscript

In left margin, in unknown hand: 15.

Location: your needed blending discord‑parts | Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Whitman Archive ID: yal.00050