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brown-black ink, with revisions in lighter ink (including the deletion, undone in 1860, of the phrase "My
My Likeness! [Earth]
Although the poem was unpublished in its entirety, the seventh line was used in the poem To My Soul,
This was revised to become section 40 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 it was retitled That Shadow, My Likeness
the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("Publish my
name and hang up/ my picture...") to lines 4-11.
Whitman retitled the poem To My Soul when it was first published, in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass
Section 2 of the Calamus group was permanently retitled Scented Herbage of my Breast in 1867.
50-51uva.00246xxx.00072[Was it I who walked the]Scented Herbage of My Breast1857-1859poetryhandwritten1
who walked the / earth..." were not used in Calamus, but the five lines beginning "Scented herbage of my
In 1860 the first set, with the addition of a new first line ("Here my last words, and the most baffling
lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second page ("Do you suppose you can easily/ be my
poem was revised to form section 32 of Calamus in 1860, and in 1867 was retitled What Think You I Take My
notice, you Kanuck woods") became verses 6-10; and the lines on the half-page ("I am indifferent to my
correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("And when I thought how/ my
50-51uva.00023xxx.00085City of my walks and joyslate 1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to
City of my walks and joys
50-51uva.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2
Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]