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Let us then come to that; for, after all, that is the most wonderful as it is the most important part

His fundamental notions of poetry are, we must confess, for the most part correct.

I become a part of that, whatever it is!

A story is told of a countryman of Mr. Walt Whitman, who, after reading Mr.

how superb and how divine is your body, or any part of it!" With him this is a rooted conviction.

Leaves of Grass Washington, D.C. 1871. 2. Passage to India Washington , D.C. 1871. 3.

His critics have, for the most part, confined their attention to the personality of the man; they have

studied him, for the most part, as a phenomenon isolated from the surrounding society, the environment

If a human being is to be honoured as such, then every part of a human being is to be honoured.

His pupil must part from him as soon as possible, and go upon his own way.

I wish I had room to quote all of Chainey's lecture, but a part must suffice.

Whoever you are, how superb and how divine is your body or any part of it!

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

"In his sight, no part or passion of the body is to be slighted or regarded as vulgar.

respect for women, and hold in low esteem their own manhood through learning to take delight in vulgar stories

These changes are for the most part, as it appears to us, decided improvements, and the whole work posses

But there is another poem almost equally beautiful, which forms part of "President Lincoln's Burial Hymn

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,

Watch Quartier Au Loete Swisse No. 51,575 1 3 0 00 50 A Ap 14 " 17 19 2 5 37 80 75 25 M Ju " s to 2n

since you were born, and did not know, / Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land." (1855, pp. 51-2)

w ill you sting me most even at parting?

Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010), 2–

the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The 'Talbot Wilson' Notebook," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2

Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010), 2–

the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The 'Talbot Wilson' Notebook," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2

See particularly the following lines (from the 1891–2 edition): "O the old manhood of me, my noblest

For more about the revisions of this passage, see Ed Folsom, "Walt Whitman's 'The Sleepers,'" part of

....any thing is but a part." (1855, p. 51).

starve his body.— What minutes of damnation What heightless dread, falls in the click of a moment story

can never tell , for there is something that underlies and overtops me, of whom I am an effusion a part

—the vocal performer to make far more of his song, or solo part, by by-play, attitudes, expressions,

simple—Always one leading idea—as Friendship, Courage, Gratitude, Love,—always a distinct meaning— The story

and libretto as now are generally of no account.— In the American Opera the story and libretto must

I am an old artillerist I tell of some On South Fifth st (Monroe place) 2 doors above the river from

At some point Whitman clipped out portions of two pages in this notebook (leaves 2 and 3 as represented

.; At some point Whitman clipped out portions of two pages in this notebook (leaves 2 and 3 as represented

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

The first part of this manuscript resembles a line in the fifth poem of that edition, eventually titled

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.

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

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.

I take part . . . .

 . . . . any thing is but a part.

does not counteract another part . . . .

all became part of him.

Sure as life holds all parts together, death holds all parts together; Sure as the stars return again

2 The love of the Body of man or woman balks ac- count account —the body itself balks account; That of

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

bones, and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say, these are not the parts

, All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth, These are contain'd in sex, as parts

shall be lawless, rude, illiterate—he shall be one condemn'd by others for deeds done; I will play a part

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

2 The love of the Body of man or woman balks ac- count account —the body itself balks account; That of

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

, All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth, These are contain'd in sex, as parts

touch you, For I could not die till I once look'd on you, For I fear'd I might afterwards lose you. 2

(Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe; Return in peace to the ocean, my love; I too am part of

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you!

bones, and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health, O I think these are not the parts

2 The love of the Body of man or woman balks ac- count account —the body itself balks account; That of

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

bones, and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say, these are not the parts

2 The love of the Body of man or woman balks ac- count account —the body itself balks account; That of

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

bones, and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say, these are not the parts

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

2 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you, I believe

bones and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say these are not the parts

Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe, Return in peace to the ocean my love, I too am part of

shall be lawless, rude, illiterate, he shall be one condemn'd by others for deeds done, I will play a part

2 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you, I believe

bones and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say these are not the parts

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

and the marrow in the bones, 26 The exquisite realization of health, O I say now these are not the parts

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.

the past, By my side, or back of me, Eve following, Or in front, and I following her just the same. 2.

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; I believe

and the marrow in the bones, 26 The exquisite realization of health, O I say now these are not the parts

, All the governments, judges, gods, followed persons of the earth, These are contained in sex, as parts

IN the new garden, in all the parts, In cities now, modern, I wander, Though the second or third result

2 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you, I believe

bones and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say these are not the parts

2 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you, I believe

bones and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say these are not the parts

Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe, Return in peace to the ocean my love, I too am part of

shall be lawless, rude, illiterate, he shall be one condemn'd by others for deeds done, I will play a part

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

The first part of this manuscript resembles a line in the fifth poem of that edition, eventually titled

With this list, Whitman was gathering material for the noteworthy final section, a paean to body parts

The first part of this prose fragment also may relate to the following line from the preface to the 1855

The reverse side of the leaf is part of a manuscript (duk.00066) discussing the conception of time.;

A note on leaf 27 recto includes the date April 19, 1847, and the year 1847 is listed again as part of

Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010), 2–

and the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The Talbot Wilson Notebook, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2