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PAGE VIRGINIA—THE WEST . . . . . . . . 230 CITY OF SHIPS . . . . . . . . . . 230 THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY
2 Souls of men and women!
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.
2 Come forward O my soul, and let the rest retire, Listen, lose not, it is toward thee they tend, Parting
, To think that we are now here and bear our part. 2 Not a day passes, not a minute or second without
destin'd conqueror, yet treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And death and infidelity at every step.) 2
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd both mother's and father's, His first parts
new States, Congress convening every Twelfth-month, the members duly coming up from the uttermost parts
I dare not shirk any part of myself, Not any part of America good or bad, Not to build for that which
with the power's pulsations, and the charm of my theme was upon me, Till the tissues that held me parted
Transcribed in part from an electronic copy, The Walt Whitman Archive Transcribed in part by Todd Stabley
destin'd conqueror, yet treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And death and infidelity at every step.) 2
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd both mother's and father's, His first parts
new States, Congress convening every Twelfth-month, the members duly coming up from the uttermost parts
I dare not shirk any part of myself, Not any part of America good or bad, Not to build for that which
with the power's pulsations, and the charm of my theme was upon me, Till the tissues that held me parted
image (203) but that page image is now there. fixed italics for section titles in "The Centenarian's Story
2 Souls of men and women!
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.
2 Come forward O my soul, and let the rest retire, Listen, lose not, it is toward thee they tend, Parting
, To think that we are now here and bear our part. 2 Not a day passes, not a minute or second without
destin'd conqueror—yet treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And Death and infidelity at every step.) 2
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd, both mother's and father's, His first parts
employments, are you and me, Past, present, future, are you and me. 18 I swear I dare not shirk any part
of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not the promulgation of Liberty—not to cheer up slaves
with the Power's pulsations—and the charm of my theme was upon me, Till the tissues that held me, parted
destin'd conqueror—yet treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And Death and infidelity at every step.) 2
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd, both mother's and father's, His first parts
employments, are you and me, Past, present, future, are you and me. 18 I swear I dare not shirk any part
of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not the promulgation of Liberty—not to cheer up slaves
2 For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 The Centenarian's Story
List to the story as my grandmother's father, the sailor, told it to me.
is but a part.
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY. VOLUNTEER OF 1861-2.
It is well—a lesson like that, always comes good; I must copy the story, and send it eastward and west
works which aim at satirising the manners and customs of every-day life are necessarily the first parts
To deal with these seriatim , in the first Whitman takes part in a natural and easily comprehensible
List to the story as my grandmother's father, the sailor, told it to me.
is but a part.
2. TEARS! tears! tears!
2.
THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.
conqueror—yet treacher- ous treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And Death and infidelity at every step.) 2
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd, both mother's and father's, His first parts
employments, are you and me, Past, present, future, are you and me. 18 I swear I dare not shirk any part
of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not the promulgation of Liberty—not to cheer up slaves
with the Power's pulsations—and the charm of my theme was upon me, Till the tissues that held me, parted
poetry, no equal celebration of the human being in his completeness-in his organic character-every part
express the cosmical character of the individual-yourself; the absolute miracle you are in all your parts
The thorough Americanism of the poem, permeating every part of it, appears as well in its literary form
It must remain an enduring part of the glory of our poet, that, as in such superb and powerful lines
updated work associations for "Chants Democratic-6" ("You just maturing youth")," "Leaves of Grass-2"
2* Lands where the northwest Columbia winds, and where the southwest Colorado winds!
is but a part.
vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouchsafed to none—Tell me the whole story, Tell me what you would
I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect per- son person , that is finally right. 2.
I am your poet, because I am part of you; O days by-gone! Enthusiasts! Antecedents!
I swear I dare not shirk any part of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not my body—not friendship
is for my sake, I take you to be mine, you beautiful, terrible, rude forms. 11* CHANTS DEMOCRATIC. 2.
Recall ages—One age is but a part—ages are but a part; Recall the angers, bickerings, delusions, superstitions
Have I forgotten any part? Come to me, whoever and whatever, till I give you recognition.
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeathed, both mother's and father's, His first parts
States, Congress convening every Twelfth Month, the mem- bers members duly coming up from the uttermost parts
I swear I dare not shirk any part of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not my body—not friendship
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,
.— I swear I will am can not to evade any part of myself, Not America, nor any attribute of America,
Poem of Walt Whitman, an American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.
holds out the skein, the elder sister winds it off in a ball, and stops now and then for the knots, 2
and truckling fold with powders for invalids, conformity goes to the fourth- removed fourth-removed , 2*
at first, keep encouraged, Missing me one place, search another, I stop some where waiting for you. 2
thousand different newspapers, the nutriment of the imperfect ones coming in just as usefully as any—the story
west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeathed, both mother's and father's, His first parts
States, Congress convening every December, the mem- bers members duly coming up from the uttermost parts
I swear I dare not shirk any part of myself, Not America, nor any part of America, Not my body, not friendship
placed before Starting from Paumanok at the beginning of the book; in that edition he also transferred part
of verse 2 to As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario's Shore (later the line was dropped and the title was revised
, the seat of sensation, doubtless the brain Liaison (lē-a-zohn), a binding or fastening together Part
and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became, / And that object became part
of him for the day or a certain part of the day . . . . or for many years or stretching cycles of years
The "voices" described in the last part of this section may relate to the following lines: "Through me
come to puzzle him—some come from curiosity—some from ironical contempt—his answers—his opinions ¶ 2
Inscribed and extensively revised in pencil, these verses were part of a larger set of lines before Whitman