I know many beautiful things

  [begin leaf 1 recto] [cut away] I know many beautiful things about men and women But I do not know any thing more beautiful than to be freehanded 
  and always go on the square.— I see the ^{saw see an} aristocrat; I see ^{saw see a} a smoucher and a hog, grabbing the 
  good dishes ^^exclusively to himself,. and grinning 
  at the starvation of others, as if 
  it were funny.— I see ^{yet gaze on} hear the greedy hog,; as ^— he roots and snorts ^^{as he roots} anin the costly ^delicate 
  green house.— How those niggers smell! Must that hod‑boy ride in ^occupy the same stage with me? Doth the dirt doze and forget itself? And let tomatos ripen for busters and prostitutes ^{street night walkers}— And do no better for me— Who am a regular gentlemen or lady, With a marble ^broad stoop to my house ^residence, ^{and a silver door plate,} and a 
  steady pew in church? And I is the day here when I vote at the polls, One with the immigrant that last August 
  strewed lime in my gutter? One with Sambo the ^{thick‑lipped} slave, ^black? or the son of a slave? ^{the black?} And can dew wet the air, the night ^[illegible] after such 
  may be elected to Congress, And make laws over me?— (over   [begin leaf 1 verso] [cut away] And Thus the Have you heard [deletion] ^the gurgle the ^of gluttons, ready to stuff ^them continually 
  perfectly willing to stuff themselves; While then laugh at ^{good fun of} the starvation of others, as if it 
  was funny.— But when the gaunt and the starved awkwardly come 
  for their slices— Their quiet changes to angry hysterics It is for ^{the wish} babies to lift themselves out of their I go not with the large babies who + Do not suppose me one ^{I am none} of the large baby rac sort; I amhave no wish to lift myself out of ^above breathing air, by something ^{and be} 
  ^^specially eminent or spe [illegible] ^{specially forced} [illegible] or attractive; I am not quite such a fool as that I remain with common people on equal ^average terms.— I am too great to be a mere leader. or I see nothing nothing nothing I know many beautiful things about men and women But I do not know ^^of any thing more beautiful than to 
  be free handed and generous and always go on 
  the square.—