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Do not these fragments, picked from different parts of the country, at random, give an idea of what the

The foregoing lines are but a part of the bird song.

Stedman had failed to grasp the wholeness of the work, though no finer characterization of the parts

connoisseurs of his time, may obey the laws of his time, and achieve the intense and elaborated beauty of parts

The perfect poet cannot afford any special beauty of parts, or to limit himself by any laws less than

Meanwhile a strange voice parts others aside and demands for its owner that position that is only allowed

listener or beholder, to re-appear through him or her; and it offers the best way of making them a part

qualities, tumble pell-mell exhaustless and copious, with what appear to be the same disregard of parts

convening of Congress every December, the members coming up from all climates, and from the uttermost parts—the

"I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing, hearing, and feeling are miracles, and each part and

Doubtless in the scheme this man has built for himself the writing of poems is but a proportionate part

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,

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

immortal —that the processes of the refinement and perfection of the earth are in steps, It the least part

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

, 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

.— As small pipes from the aqueduct main The rest are par beautiful parts that flow out of it.

I want that tenor large and fresh as the creation parting of whose dark orbed mouth shall for me lift

Paradise the delight in the universe . that is I want that tenor, large and fresh as the creation, the parting

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

and published in The American in October 1880 as "My Picture-Gallery," a poem later included in as part

At some point Whitman clipped out portions of several pages in this notebook, including leaf 2 as represented

what text was added when, we have not included images or transcriptions of the clipped-out page as part

.; At some point Whitman clipped out portions of several pages in this notebook, including leaf 2 as

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

without one single exception, in any part of any of These States!

resemblance to a passage in the poem "Proto-Leaf," published in the 1860–1861 edition of which reads, in part

Draper's Physiology (Harper last 2 no's Harper) Brownlow's Map of the Stars 184 Cherry st. A.

It is of course possible, however, that parts of the notebook were inscribed before and/or after the

eaves of a deserted house or barn—pleasing note— "Redstart"—beautiful small bird arrives here latter part

we ha'n't got time Ens l —a being, existence, essence, that recondite part of a substance from which

—wild mirthful processions in honor of the god Dionysus (Bacchus) —in Athens, and other parts of Greece—unbounded

Does any one tell me that it is the part of a man to obey such enactments as these?

The poem was later published in as part of the "Autumn Rivulets" cluster (1881, p. 310).

Whitman's reference to the sinking of the San Francisco indicates that this notebook, "or at least part

Autobiographical Data From the middle to the latter part of Oct. 1844 I was in New Mirror — We lived

titled "Song of Myself": "I hear the sound of the human voice . . . . a sound I love," (1855, p. 31). 2

In Jamaica first time in the latter part of the summer of 1839.

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

from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1921), 2:

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

from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1921), 2:

—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

number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as 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

that relate to the first poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled "Song of Myself," and part

See'st thou Knows thou The Three of the t T hree There is on the one part Between this beautiful but

dumb Earth, with all its manifold eloquent but inarticulate shows & objects And on the other part , the

It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, part of which eventually became "Song of the

This manuscript leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

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

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

B 2 They do not sweat and whine about their condition They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for

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

a TG 2 get— P description of Chr Poem—a perfect school, gymnastic, moral, mental and sentimental,—in

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.

most even you with the worst spasms worst most fierce most tightly closely bite with your teeth at parting

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

—the whole or any part of it?

so long enough there, to show us what life we can be,— And that my senses and our flesh, and even a part

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

book in a conversation with Horace Traubel on December 9, 1889 (With Walt Whitman in Camden, 6:180–2)

book in a conversation with Horace Traubel on December 9, 1889 (With Walt Whitman in Camden, 6:180–2)

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

I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and

The sentries desert every other part of me, They have left me helpless to a red marauder, They all come

Parting tracked by arriving . . . . perpetual payment of the perpetual loan, Rich showering rain, and

I take part . . . .

 . . . . any thing is but 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

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*

I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag

The sentries desert every other part of me, They have left me helpless to a red marauder, They all come

, any thing is but a part.

the wood, and become undis- guised undisguised and naked; I am mad for it to be in contact with me. 2

If I worship one thing more than another, it shall be the spread of my own body, or any part of it.

I take part—I see and hear the whole; The cries, curses, roar—the plaudits for well-aimed shots; The

List to the story as my grandmother's father, the sailor, told it to me.

is but a part.

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

the wood, and become undis- guised undisguised and naked; I am mad for it to be in contact with me. 2

mer summer morning; How you settled your head athwart my hips, and gently turn'd over upon me, And parted

If I worship one thing more than another, it shall be the spread of my own body, or any part of it.

List to the story as my grandmother's father, the sailor, told it to me.

is but a part.

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

harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. 2

overseer views them from his saddle, The bugle calls in the ball-room, the gentlemen run for their part

Parting track'd by arriving, perpetual payment of perpetual loan, Rich showering rain, and recompense

I take part, I see and hear the whole, The cries, curses, roar, the plaudits for well-aim'd shots, The

, any thing is but a part.

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 believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag

The sentries desert every other part of me, They have left me helpless to a red marauder, They all come

Parting, tracked by arriving—perpetual payment of perpetual loan, Rich showering rain, and recompense

I take part—I see and hear the whole, The cries, curses, roar—the plaudits for well-aimed shots, The

is but a part.

harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. 2

overseer views them from his saddle, The bugle calls in the ball-room, the gentlemen run for their part

Parting track'd by arriving, perpetual payment of perpetual loan, Rich showering rain, and recompense

I take part, I see and hear the whole, The cries, curses, roar, the plaudits for well-aim'd shots, The

, any thing is but 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

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

`We have just begun our part of the fighting.' Only three guns were in use.