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

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

At some point, this manuscript formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook (owu.00090).

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

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

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

It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, originally untitled, part of which eventually

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

On the reverse are lines that were possibly also written as part of the process for the creation of that

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

On the reverse (nyp.00733) are lines used in a different part of the same poem.; nyp.00733 Night of south

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

prayBefore or early in 1855poetryprose1 leafhandwritten; An early scrap of prose material similar to parts

another scrap, the reverse of which (duk.00878) features prose notes that relate to what became section 2

The writing on the reverse side of the leaf (duk.00001) contributed to a different part of the poem that

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

in The American in October 1880 as My Picture-Gallery, a poem later included in Leaves of Grass as part

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

and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American in October 1880 and then in Leaves of Grass as 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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

.— 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

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

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?

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

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

Whitman, imperfect only from want of development—the poems are alike maimed, but one from loss of parts

, the other from not yet having attained its parts.

Here is the story of the gallant seaman who rescued the passengers on the San Francisco:— "I understand