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reinforce the truthfulness of Pierson's stories about the "koboo," Whitman mentions the fact that Captain
Captain Walter M.
Grier notes that a portion of this notebook (beginning "How spied the captain and sailors") describes
eventually titled Song of Myself: "The boatmen and clamdiggers arose early and stopped for me, / I tucked my
trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time".
and wicked" may relate to the following line, which occurs later in the same poem: "Ever myself and my
harness," "traces," "the bit"—may relate to the extended metaphor developed in following lines: "Deluding my
bribed to swap off with touch, and go and graze at the edges of me, / No consideration, no regard for my
draining strength or my anger, / Fetching the rest of the herd around to enjoy them awhile, / Then all
those used in Unnamed Lands, a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.; duk.00003 My
to an "Elder Brother" is reminescent of lines "And I know that the hand of God is the elderhand of my
own, / And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my own."
On the reverse (nyp.00100) is a fragment related to the poem eventually titled Who Learns My Lesson Complete
Grass, ultimately titled Song of Myself: "And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my
Compare these lines from that edition: "I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer
The first several lines of Pictures (not including this line) were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery
A similar line in that poem reads: "O the joy of my spirit! It is uncaged!
pass death with the dying, and birth with the new-washed babe . . . . and am not contained between my
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
however, physical and thematic similarities with And I have discovered them by night and by, above, and My
White noted a relationship between these pages and the poems Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
. / I intend to reach them my hand and make as much of them as I do of men and women" (1855, p. 64).
See in particular the lines: "The supernatural of no account . . . . myself waiting my time to be one
Poem in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My
The lines "I am too great to be a mere President or Major General / I remain with my fellows—with mechanics
fool and the wise thinker" may be related to a similar phrase in the poem eventually titled Who Learns My
though I lie so sleepy and sluggish, my tap is death" (1855, p. 74).
of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American in October 1880 as My
My Spirit sped back to
.; uva.00601 My hand will not hurt what
first several lines of that poem (not including the line in question) were revised and published as My