While not the past forgetting

Whitman Archive Title: While not the past forgetting
Whitman Archive ID: unc.00008
Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Walt Whitman Papers, General and Literary Manuscripts, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Folder: 11
Date: about 1888
Genre: poetry
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content: This is a manuscript draft of the poem, "While Not the Past Forgetting." Whitman claimed that the poem was published on May 30, 1888, though no copy of such a version has yet been located. The poem was published in November Boughs in 1888.