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Walt Whitman
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

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"A Child's Reminiscence" New York Saturday Press, Dec. 24, 1859
Image 1: "Out of the rocked cradle, . . ."
Image 2: "Soothe! Soothe! . . ."
Image 3: "The aria sinking, . . ."
Image 4: "Pierce the woods - the earth, . . ."
Image 5: "We two together no more.. . ."
Image 6: "O give me some clue! . . ."

"A Word Out of the Sea" Leaves of Grass, 1860 edition
Image 1: "Out of the rocked cradle, . . ."
Image 2: "From the myriad thence-aroused words, . . ."
Image 3: "Two together! . . ."
Image 4: "Yes, my brother, I know, . . ."
Image 5: "Loud! Loud! . . ."
Image 6: "But soft! . . ."
Image 7: "O past! O joy! . . ."
Image 8: "Now in a moment I know what I am for - I awake, . . ."
Image 9: "A word then, (for I will conquer it,) . . ."

"A Word Out of the Sea" Leaves of Grass, 1867 edition
Image 1: "Out of the rock'd cradle, . . ."
Image 2: "Once, Paumanok, . . ."
Image 3: "Over the hoarse surging of the sea, . . ."
Image 4: "Soothe! soothe! soothe! . . ."
Image 5: "O throat! O trembling throat! . . ."
Image 6: "O brown halo in the sky, . . ."
Image 7: "Demon or bird! (said the boy's soul,) . . ."
Image 8: "O vapor, a look, a word! O well-beloved! . . ."

"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Passage to India, 1870
Image 1: "Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, . . ."
Image 2: "Throwing myself on the sand, confronting the waves, . . ."
Image 3: "And thenceforward, all summer, . . ."
Image 4: "Soothe! Soothe! Soothe! . . ."
Image 5: "Shake out, carols! . . ."
Image 6: "O past! O life! O songs of joy! . . ."
Image 7: "A thousand warbling echoes have started to life within me, . . ."
Image 8: "Whereto answering, the sea, . . ."

"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Leaves of Grass, 1881
Image 1: "Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, . . ."
Image 2: "From those beginning notes of yearning . . ."
Image 3: "Over the hoarse surging of the sea, . . ."
Image 4: "High and clear I shoot my voice over the waves, . . ."
Image 5: "That is the fluttering, the fluttering of the spray, . . ."
Image 6: "O you singer solitary, singing by yourself, projecting me, . . ."

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Michael Skipper - Nov 1997 (last updated July 1998)
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Walt WhitmanOut of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

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Walt Whitman
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking