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What the word of power unbroken

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  • Title: What the word of power unbroken
  • Date: About 1876
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: yal.00077
  • Source: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Transcribed from digital images of the original. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: The lines that make up this manuscript were probably drafted for the Centennial of 1876.
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "What the word of power unbroken." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 24 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: yal.00077.xml (TEI)

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Uncertain gray with wavy underline
Supplied from another source turquoise with brackets
Metamark green with triple underline
Long deletion gray background with top and bottom border
  [begin leaf 1 recto] 558 What the word char of power ma power unbroken? What the charm of magic freedoms ^heavenly 's own token On & & and ever on on from the Eastward On & ever on to the Westward Union all! O its Union all! O its all for each, & each for all!   [begin leaf 1 verso]
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