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hands are cut by the

  • Whitman Archive Title: hands are cut by the
  • Whitman Archive ID: duk.00905
  • Repository ID: MS q 9
  • Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  • Date: Between 1850 and 1855
  • Genre: poetry
  • Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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  • Content: This manuscript contains draft lines that later appeared in a revised form in the sixth poem of the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass , eventually titled "Faces." On the reverse (duk.00264) are lines which, after revision, appeared in the eleventh poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass , later titled "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?"
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