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In the 1867 and 1871–72 editions it appeared again as 2 in clusters titled Thoughts.

Finally, in Leaves of Grass (1881–82) Whitman combined parts of this and another poem, again titled Thoughts

, and included it in the By the Roadside cluster. 2

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

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

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.

.— 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:

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.

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

No. 2, Daily Standard (5 June 1861). Hendrik Hudson

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

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

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

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

of the manuscript leaves are stored with a letter to the editor, James Russell Lowell, dated October 2,

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

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

upon 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 early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morningglories, and white and

all became part of him.

And the field-sprouts of April and May became part of him  . . . . wintergrain sprouts, and those of

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

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

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

duk.00152xxx.00847Box III-6AA main part of the greatnessabout 1857poetryprose1 leafhandwritten; Handwritten

A main part of the greatness

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.

duk.00003xxx.00231MS q 1The most immense part ofBetween 1855 and 1860poetryprose5 leaveshandwritten;

until the 1881–1882 edition of Leaves.; duk.00006; duk.00008; tex.00002; duk.00942 The most immense part

eventually titled To Foreign Lands, first published in Leaves of Grass (1860–61) as To other Lands as part

In the 1871–72 edition, revised and titled Thought, it was included in the Songs of Parting cluster.

Finally, in the 1881–82 edition it became part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster.

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?

Volume 196)xxx.00798the most definitely1855prosehandwritten1 leaf; This prose fragment appears to be part

At one point, however, the manuscript was almost certainly part of "The Great Laws do not" (duk.00264

originally Chants Democratic No. 16 in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass, later appeared as part

This manuscript leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

The sentence that begins "The soul has that measureless pride..." also later became part of the poem

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

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

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

It was also part of a series of reviews printed separately and included in some copies of the 1855 edition

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

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

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

The last part of the manuscript describes, as a metaphor for human attempts to articulate "the spiritual

—the whole or any part of it?

—He never drank rum, never went after women, and took no part in the county frolics.— He certainly had

with them, returning home and retiring where he was retired withdrew for a long time to a solitary part

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

own, and bestows it upon men . . and any man translates . . and any man translates himself also: One part

does not counteract another part . . . .

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

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

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

If indeed Whitman wrote this line as part of the present manuscript, it would connect it with the early

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

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

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