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The Sleepers

Below are all known versions of this work, organized by the section in which they appear on the Archive

Items

Section: Published Writings

Leaves of Grass (1855)

Leaves of Grass, "I Wander All Night in My Vision,"

Leaves of Grass (1856)

Night Poem.

Leaves of Grass (1860–1861)

Sleep-Chasings

Leaves of Grass (1867)

Sleep-Chasings

Leaves of Grass (1871)

The Sleepers.

Leaves of Grass (1881–1882)

The Sleepers.

Leaves of Grass (1891–1892)

The Sleepers.

Section: Literary Manuscripts

Poem incarnating the mind

Poem incarnating the mind

No doubt the efflux of the soul

No doubt the efflux

Talbot Wilson

Talbot Wilson

Light and air

Poem [As in Visions of]

Sweet flag

In his presence

I am become a shroud

I am a curse

Black Lucifer was not dead

Topple down upon him

The sores on my shoulders

Light and air

myself to celebrate

Sweet flag

I am become a shroud

I am a curse

Black Lucifer was not dead

Topple down upon him

The sores on my shoulders

In his presence

women

women

The Sleepers

Section: Commentary

Walt Whitman's Complete Volume

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