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Maurice Bucke printed a transcription of this manuscript, he added the following words to the end of leaf 2,

Maurice Bucke printed a transcription of this manuscript, he added the following words to the end of leaf 2,

On board steamer Griffith Upper part of Lake Huron, Saturday morning, June 10th, 1848.

My own pride was touched—and I met their conduct with equal haughtiness on my part.

They agreed to my plan (after some objections on the part of me); and I determined to leave on the succeeding

is difficult to speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it seems likely that parts

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78. 1848 New Orleans

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78.

wholesome, clear-eyed, Six feet ten inches high— tall— of noble head and bearded face, Every limb, every part

The Air (Space) considered with reference to the earth—as all parts of the universe bear reference to

present beauty, reality, & diversity , as the home of man.— At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

.— I swear I will am can not to evade any part of myself, Not America, nor any attribute of America,

2 (+) As to you, if you have never not yet learned to think, enter upon it now, Think at once with directness

Beneath them can be discerned the ink number 2.

Beneath them can be discerned the ink number 2.

Though the subject matter is similar, the manuscripts do not appear to be continuous.; 2; Transcribed

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One

utterance of these liquid tongues And To pass within my soul, which loves the grim, mysterious, wordless story

The leaf originally was part of a larger notebook, "The regular old followers," that probably dates to

The leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

A City Walk: 2 V Just a list of all that is seen in a walk through the streets of Brooklyn & New York

.; 2; V; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

2 9A 1 dithyrambic trochee iambic anaepest.

regularly be a dactyl—the sixth always a spondee, So thus hav ing spok en the casque nod ding Hec tor de part

.; 2; 9A; 1; 3; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

—the whole or any part of it?

great as the feet and fingers of the soul, goads and witnesses and alarm clocks of the soul prokers 2

delights, enjoyments touches gives it some f or aint sign of its own the harmony and measure that are part

of its essence; as a good part of the soul is its craving for that which we incompletely describe by

.; 1; 2; 3; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

No more the visible human fleeting, fractional face or limb, Nor hour, nor day—no segments, parts put

The order of the manuscript has been established based in part upon the order of linegroups in the poem

On the back of the fourth leaf is part of a faded letter in a hand other than Whitman's. Eidólons

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

At one point, this manuscipt likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

sparse leaves of me Ah not that granite dead & cold published You tides with ceaseless swell & ebb 2

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

manuscript, although the wording is, for the most part, quite different.

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part

2, Garland Publishing, 1993; Primary Source Media's Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman,

Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part 2,

This manuscript leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

Sesostris who who was 6 ft 10 inches high, and nobly s haped and nimble and conquered all Asia and part

along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2

manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part

along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2

The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the "Autumn Rivulets" cluster.

hexameters —verses whose lines are six poetic feet, either dactyls or spondees "Then when An 1 dromache 2

On the back of this manuscript is a prose fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem

At one point, however, the manuscript was almost certainly part of "The Great Laws do not," which includes

do not pretend to compose an a grand opera, with choice good instrumentation, and harmonious good parts

so something to give fits to the dilletanti, for its elegance and measure.— The To sing well your part

to the second poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled "A Song for Occupations," and part

see notes Sept 2 1888 The idea that of the that in the nature of things, thr ough all affairs and deeds

national or individual, good and bad, each has its inherent law of punishment or reward, which is part

.; see notes Sept 2 1888; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part

.; This manuscript includes prose notes that relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the Body Electric

At one point this leaf was probably glued to the first leaf and constituted the first part of the note

The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the "Autumn Rivulets" cluster.

West a hundred years from now— th two hundred years—five hundred years— (This ought to be a splendid part

had occupied, & where the preceding night, they had gathered their dead— the an dea d lay in certain parts

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

2 is rougher than it h w as on Michigan or Huron: (on St.

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

The article was later reprinted in November Boughs.; 2; Transcribed from digital images of the original

The last part of the manuscript recalls what ultimately became section 32, in which Whitman describes

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown

The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown

last 2 11 At the Mouth of the River Last of the ebb, and daylight waning, Scented sea‑breaths landward

To th 9. 2 Last of the ebb, and daylight waning of the poured-out ebb, and daylight waning, s S cented

on —on, and do your part, ye shrouding burying waters! On, for your time, ye furious debouché!

page of Skakspere Shakespeare 's poems 1600 letters in one of my closely written MS pages like page 2

1120) (7 7840 160 4 1160) 6400 (5 5800 600 2 for frontispiece & fly for title & blank 15—1 13 2 12 3

.— These lines were probably drafted as part of the poem published as "The Mississippi at Midnight" on

Other lines and words became part of the opening lines of "Broad-Axe Poem" and "Bunch Poem" in the 1856

34 2 Man, before the rage of whose passions the storms of Heaven are but a breath; Before whose caprices

verse, or a response to a newspaper piece about the frigate bird (also known as the man-of-war-bird), part

The lines eventually became part of the independent poem "Poets to Come."

As if it were anything to analyze fluids and call certain parts oxygen or hydrogen, or to map out stars

It appears to be part of a draft of a review essay by Whitman titled "An English and an American Poet

It is doubtless the case The The most immense share part of a A ncient History is altogether unknown

—The best and most important part of History cannot be written told.

dates and reliable information,— being It is surer and more reliable; because by far the It greatest part

The manuscript was therefore probably written between 1855 and 1860, and at one time likely formed part

The most immense part of