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On the verso of leaf 15 and part of leaf 16 appears a draft of what would become section 11 of Calamus

.00182xxx.00061[Now the hour has come upon me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 18.5 x 16 cm, leaf 2

to correct a pencil number 7 to a 1, and on the third side the blue pencil corrected a pencil 8 to a 2.

Calamus, but the five lines beginning "Scented herbage of my breast" became the opening verses of section 2

-1859poetryprosehandwritten5 leaves20 x 16 cm; The verses on the recto became lines 6-40 of section 2

Section 2 of the Calamus group was permanently retitled Scented Herbage of my Breast in 1867.

third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white wove paper used for 1:3:1 and 1:3:2,

The lines on page 1 became verses 1-8 of section 4 of Calamus. in 1860; page 2 ("Solitary, smelling the

50-51uva.00321xxx.00066[Long I thought that knowledge]1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and 2

Whitman also penciled in the numbers 7, 8, and 8 1/2 in the lower-left corner of each page.

51uva.00314xxx.00066[Hours continuing long]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf 2

Whitman removed the lower section of page 2 from the top of current leaf 1:3:33 ("I dreamed in a dream

51uva.00340xxx.00066[You bards of ages hence]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf 2

Whitman numbered the first 9 1/2 and the second 10, in pencil, in the lower-left corner of each leaf.

.00066xxx.00081To a new personal admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13 x 11.5 cm; leaf 2

featuring a new first line, became section 12 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman dropped the last 2

1/2 lines and permanently retitled it Are you the New Person Drawn Toward Me?

The first page contains verses corresponding to lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second

On the second page Whitman added, in a combination of normal and blue pencil, the number 43 (1/2).

the poem became section 16 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first draft page correspond to verses 2-

Whitman numbered the pages 2 and 3 in pencil.

Calamus, transforming the title into a new first line and expanding the original first line into verses 2-

The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1:3:11, the poem (eighth in

Whitman also numbered each leaf in the lower-left corner in pencil: the leaves follow the order 1-9, 9 1/2

The expression "the Eightieth year of / These States" at the top of leaf 2 indicates that Whitman was

50-51uva.00188xxx.00297A Sunset Carol1857-1859poetryhandwritten6 leavesleaf 1 25.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2-

In 1867, he gave it the permanent title Song at Sunset and moved it to the supplement Songs Before Parting

; in 1871 it was finally transferred to the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of

.00309xxx.00413Thought [Of these years I sing]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 21.5 x 13 cm, leaf 2

Whitman combined it with the second Thought to form the poem Thoughts in the supplement Songs Before Parting

In 1871 Thoughts appeared in the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of Grass, and

songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9 x 12.5 cm pasted to 17.5 x 13.5 cm, leaf 2

Whitman combined it with the second Thought to form the poem Thoughts in the supplement Songs Before Parting

In 1871 Thoughts appeared in the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of Grass, and

In 1867 Whitman deleted five verses, transferred the poem to the supplement Songs Before Parting, and

50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2-

Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side 2

draft became section 16 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with Leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and Leaf 2

of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and leaf 2

poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and leaf 2

through 3 and 5; leaf 2 ("You felons on trial in courts,") to 4 and most of 6; and leaf 3 ("And I say

These 2 leaves contain verses first published in section 16 of the 1860 Leaves of Grass cluster.

50-51uva.00206xxx.00276As of the The Truth1857-1859poetryhandwritten4 leavesleaf 2 19.5 x 13 cm, all

In 1867 Whitman moved it to a different Leaves of Grass group in the Songs Before Parting annex.

eventually become All is Truth and Germs as section 3 of a Leaves of Grass group in the annex Songs Before Parting

In 1881 he dropped the first two verses and added Voices (as verse paragraph 2) to the previously unrelated

the second 1860 verse and made it section 4 of a Leaves of Grass group in the annex Songs Before Parting

In 1860 it formed part of the Messenger Leaves cluster under the same title.

After being ungrouped (1867) and transferred to the cluster Songs of Parting (1872 and 1876), it finally

eventually published (1881) as one of the poems in the cluster Inscriptions, but Whitman dropped section 2

Whitman also numbered the leaves 1-5 (in pencil, lower left corner), with the 1 replacing a 6 and the 2

Leaf 1 corresponds to verses 1-6 of the 1860 version, and the lines on leaf 2 ("Who out of the theory

poem As Nearing Departure and moving it to an untitled group of poems in the supplement Songs Before Parting

In 1872 it was finally retitled As the Time Draws Nigh and transferred to the cluster Songs of Parting

cut twenty-one lines and transferred it to the end of the last Leaves of Grass supplement Songs of Parting

In 1872, with the transformation of this supplement into the cluster Songs Before Parting, it was permanently

To reinforce the truthfulness of Pierson's stories about the "koboo," Whitman mentions the fact that

2-3New York City notebookloc.05080xxx.00982Notebook Walt Whitman1857-1861prose22 leaveshandwritten; Two

article An Old Brooklyn Landmark Going, published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on 10 October 1861, page 2.

2-3New York City notebookloc.00348xxx.00994xxx.01169Notebook Walt Whitman1857-1862prosepoetry32 leaveshandwritten

histories & plays— as a talker, fri v olous, weak, no good— as a writer and compiler, wonderfully ignorant 2

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However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

routes on Sundays a sufficient number of cars to accommodate all wishing on that day to travel from one part

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Sec. 2, of Article 10, of the State Constitution, reads as follows: Section 2.

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However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified