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The old woman's tale of there being but eight wonders in the world has long been an idle story; a brick

It would be impossible to transcribe from any part of the book without offending common sense, and it

Some time ago, so the story goes, he made the unpoetic acquaintance of a New York omnibus driver.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha (1855) told the story of the legendary chief credited as

.; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha (1855) told the story of the legendary chief credited

The book is finished in all that makes the reading part, and is all through the press complete—It is

Judson (1823–1886), the first of the dime novelists and the originator of the "Buffalo Bill" stories.

In 1860 its circulation was 400,000; see Mott, A History of American Magazines, 2:356–363.

Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part

2, Garland Publishing, 1993; Primary Source Media's Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman,

Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part 2,

E VERY ONE RECOLLECTS THE STORY of the Scotch dramatic author who, when Garrick assured him his genius

Walt Whitman is to give his readers from time to time inventories of the various component parts of some

Thus (in pages 300-2) we might for a brief moment fancy ourselves poring over a manual of surgery.

Sense, grammar, and metre are but very minor parts in the composition of poetry; but nevertheless, pace

Leaves of Grass 2 2.

Great is Life, real and mystical, wherever and whoever, Great is Death—sure as Life holds all parts together

, Death holds all parts together, Death has just as much purport as Life has, Do you enjoy what Life

vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouchsafed to none—Tell me the whole story, Tell me what you would

Since all things are divine, Walt Whitman's body, with each several part and function of it, is divine

sending itself ahead of any sane comprehension this side of Jordan. 2.

sun swings itself and its system of planets around us, Its sun, and its again, all swing around us. 2.

Have I forgotten any part? Come to me, whoever and whatever, till I give you recognition. 4.

Has Mine forgotten to grab any part?

distinction whatever, is neither more or less than another, and the debatable points to be settled 2

countrymen ours in several sections of the Republic who profess their readiness to pick out certain parts

of that half part of the compact as either not necessary or not right just.— .

—For myself however I am free to say with a candid heart I know not of any such parts.

— 20 References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts of this manuscript were likely

.; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; Transcribed from digital images

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

It may also relate to the following segment in the preface: "when those in all parts of these states

let them accompany (at times exclusively,) the songs of the baritone or tenor— Let a considerable part

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

"He sold the two-story house [on Cumberland Street] to Lazarus Wineburgh on 15 March 1854" (68).

Thoughts 2 2.

Friday morning, March 2, '60.

Walt Whitman to the Editor of the Atlantic Monthly, 2 March 1860

2 (+) As to you, if you have never not yet learned to think, enter upon it now, Think at once with directness

Beneath them can be discerned the ink number 2.

Beneath them can be discerned the ink number 2.

Though the subject matter is similar, the manuscripts do not appear to be continuous.; 2; Transcribed

Boston March 2, 1860 Walt Whitman Dear Sir, Your favor is at hand. Our Mr.

discussing the whole thing thoroughly Yours Truly Thayer & Eldridge Thayer & Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 2

Debris 2 ANY thing is as good as established, when that is established that will produce it and continue

stopping at a lodging house, have a very nice room, gas, water, good American folks keep it—I pay $2—

About 12 I take a walk, and at 2, a good dinner.

pert apparel, the deformed attitude, drunken- ness drunkenness , greed, premature death, all these I part

matter who they are, And when all life, and all the Souls of men and women are discharged from any part

of the earth, Then shall the instinct of liberty be discharged from that part of the earth, Then shall

vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouchsafed to none—Tell me the whole story, Tell me what you would

wend—they never stop, Successions of men, Americanos, a hundred millions, One generation playing its part

and passing on, And another generation playing its part and passing on in its turn, With faces turned

Let others ignore what they may, I make the poem of evil also—I commemorate that part also, I am myself

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

2* Lands where the northwest Columbia winds, and where the southwest Colorado winds!

2[1860-1864], Brooklyn and Washington notebookloc.04604xxx.00980Brooklyn & Washington Notebook1860-1875prose33

A City Walk: 2 V Just a list of all that is seen in a walk through the streets of Brooklyn & New York

.; 2; V; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

2[1860], Boston notebookloc.04605xxx.00981Note Book1860prosepoetry34 leaveshandwritten; A notebook from

Calamus 2 2.

upon and received with wonder, pity, 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 morning-glories, and white and

The field-sprouts of Fourth Month and Fifth Month became part of him, Winter-grain sprouts, and those

this child more of themselves than that, They gave him afterward every day—they and of them became part

6 2 3 — 25 00 cxnm 4 Thoughts Of o O wnership—As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter

Enfans D'adam 2 2.

—No; But I record of two simple men I saw to-day, on the pier, in the midst of the crowd, parting the

part- ing parting of dear friends, The one to remain hung on the other's neck, and pas- sionately passionately

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)

hexameters —verses whose lines are six poetic feet, either dactyls or spondees "Then when An 1 dromache 2

utmost, a little washed-up drift, A few sands and dead leaves to gather, Gather, and merge myself as part

, Death holds all parts together, Death has just as much purport as Life has, Do you enjoy what Life

does not counteract another part—he is the joiner—he sees how they join.

What is prudence, is indivisible, Declines to separate one part of life from every part, Divides not

Here I grew up—the studs and rafters are grown parts of me.

Sculpture —then sculpture was necessary—it was an eminent part of religion it gave grand and beautiful

—It and was the true needed expression of the people, the times, and their aspirations.— It was a part

quence consequence , Not a move can a man or woman make, that affects him or her in a day, month, any part

of his mouth, or the shaping of his great hands; All that is well thought or said this day on any part

The world does not so exist—no parts palpable or impalpable so exist, No consummation exists without

What is prudence, is indivisible, Declines to separate one part of life from every part, Divides not

It is doubtless the case The The most immense share part of a A ncient History is altogether unknown

—The best and most important part of History cannot be written told.

dates and reliable information,— being It is surer and more reliable; because by far the It greatest part

The manuscript was therefore probably written between 1855 and 1860, and at one time likely formed part

The most immense part of

upon and received with wonder, pity, 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 morning-glories, and white and

, and the beautiful curious liquid, And the water-plants with their graceful flat-heads—all became part

, The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh and shore-mud— These became part

Mannahatta in itself, Singing the song of These, my ever united lands—my body no more inevitably united, part

to part, and made one identity, any more than my lands are inevitably united, and made one identity,

I am not shocked when I read the stories of the Old Testament: I see behind the apparently gross form

I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect per- son person , that is finally right. 2.

us in the Saturday Press, of Dec. 24, preceding, we seize upon and give to our readers, in another part

trying his hand at the edifice, the structure he has undertaken, has lazily loafed on, letting each part

have time to set—evidently building not so much with reference to any part itself, considered alone,

reference to the ensemble,—always bearing in mind the combination of the whole, to fully justify the parts

well accomplished, grasps not, sees not, any such ideal ensemble—likely sees not the only valuable part

He was a good fellow, free-mouthed, quick-tempered, not bad-looking, able to take his own part, witty

Nebuchadnezzar" in a list of Henry Clapp's bon mots in the New-York Saturday Press , May 26, 1860, p. 2.

Nebuchadnezzar" in a list of Henry Clapp's bon mots in the New-York Saturday Press, May 26, 1860, p. 2.

I remembered the story of Miller at Lundy's Lane, of Bruce (was it?)

matter who they are, And when all life, and all the Souls of men and women are discharged from any part

of the earth, Then shall the instinct of liberty be discharged from that part of the earth, Then shall

and am all, and believe in all; I believe materialism is true, and spiritualism is true— I reject no part

Have I forgotten any part? Come to me, whoever and whatever, till I give you recognition.

life"; see Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Charles Godfrey Leland (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1906), 2:

Beach's husband which appeared in the New-York Saturday Press on June 2; see Gay Wilson Allen, The Solitary

It was to be the second part of an ultimately never completed three-part poem entitled The Recluse .

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) published a three-part satirical poem on Puritanism entitled Hudibras (1663

Part of one scrap has been lifted to show the lines written underneath. I Saw Old General at Bay

LIFT me close to your face till I whisper, What you are holding is in reality no book, nor part of a

the day, The simple, compact, well-joined scheme—myself disintegrated, every one disintegrated, yet part

, floating with motionless wings, oscillating their bodies, I saw how the glistening yellow lit up parts

Lived the same life with the rest, the same old laugh- ing laughing , gnawing, sleeping, Played the part

play the part that looks back on the actor or actress!

toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the Soul.

However, no lines from this manuscript can be directly linked to any part of Inscriptions.

judge, or any juror, is equally criminal—and any reputable person is also—and the President is also. 2.

The lines eventually became part of the independent poem "Poets to Come."

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