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Whitma[n:] Can [you] come, with Bartlett, Kate, and [a c]harming lady and myself, [to see] Mr.

Quincy Shaw's pic[tures], on Friday at 2 p.m.[?] I shall call for you [wi]th carriage.

transcription in Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915), 2:

Camden Sunday afternoon Jan January 2 Dear friend Susan & Dear friends all We are having an awful spell

—Susan I sent you a little book & one to Kate—did they come?

Love to you & George— W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2 January 1881

The Centenarian's Story. THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

Volunteer of 1861-2, (at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.)

As wending the crowds now part and disperse—but we old man, Not for nothing have I brought you hither—we

eighty-five years a-gone no mere parade receiv'd with applause of friends, But a battle which I took part

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hilltop, this same ground.

times—this beautiful day among the rest—(now toward sundown, & I am writing this alone up in my room, 3d story—have

to Leibkeucher, Newark, to ask whether I should send him the two vol. $10 edition, or the one vol. $2

suppose you & the rest are reading Herbert's books from time to time—though they are very queer in the story

a nice visit from Harry and Mont—there is nothing new or interesting to write you—it is now ½ past 2,

(No. 2.), which was published in the Critic on April 9, 1881.

Though he did not include this essay as a whole in Specimen Days & Collect (1882–83), Whitman reprinted parts

I procured mine from Trubner paying £2-10 whereas I understand they may be had from you for £2-0-0 &

My other works are History of Ireland Heroic Period Vols 1 & 2, an epical representation chiefly of Cuculain's

In the revolt of Islam he has a fine Panegyric on the future of America Fr For my own part I put him

as that I do not meet in you the expression of every changing ideal punctuating even the remotest parts

The lines that appear in this manuscript were published posthumously as part of a poem titled "Supplement

poems entitled "Old Age Echoes" to a new printing of Leaves of Grass, and "Supplement Hours" was a part

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

sending itself ahead countless years to come. 2 O but it is not the years—it is I, it is You, We touch

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? any thing in the past?

dinner—two hours—every thing just right every way—a dozen people there, (the family & relatives)—for my part

satisfactorily—& I have had my own way in every thing—the old name "Leaves of Grass" is retained—it will be a $2

It is required in the book (to face page 29)—in fact is involved as part of the poem.

If desired I will sell it to you, as a necessary part of the stock for issuing the book—price $50 cash

The contract was executed on October 1: the price of the edition was to be $2, the royalty was twenty-five

stay here in N Y New York ten or twelve days & then home for a while —Lou I expect to spend a good part

two more letters—affectionately— Brother Walt —The books are for sale to any that want them—price $2—

not get mad worth a cent —True religion ( the most beautiful thing in the whole world , & the best part

See the letter from Whitman to Harry Stafford of January 2, 1881.

Lincoln," "Autumn Rivulets," "Whispers of Heavenly Death," "From Noon to Starry Night," "Songs of Parting

Portrait; cloth; $2 00. Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.

The old story of the sculptor is not inapplicable here.

the beautiful, the true, the high, the noble, the best that is meant in the word "taste," is also a part

my spade through the sod and turn it up underneath, I am sure I shall expose some of the foul meat. 2

Perhaps every mite has once form'd part of a sick person—yet behold!

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

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

strangely transmutes them, They are not vile any more, they hardly know themselves they are so grown. 2

Perfect sanity shows the master among philosophs, Time, always without break, indicates itself in parts

Sojourner knew him to be innocent, took care of him in prison, testified as to his innocence,—a long story

It has formed a large part of their education.

from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose. 2

the day, The simple, compact, well-join'd scheme, myself disintegrated, every one disintegrated yet part

air floating with motionless wings, oscillating their bodies, Saw how the glistening yellow lit up parts

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

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

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Feb: 2 '81 Dear Sir Yours of Jan: 31 just rec'd received .

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman | Feb. 2/81 settled o.k. | F.H.R. Walt Whitman to Frank H.

Ransom, 2 February 1881

Whitman made the following note in his Commonplace Book on February 2: "Sent a set Two Vols: to Frank

I am writing this in the sunshine up in my old 3d story room—Best best love to you & to Herby & Grace

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America Dec: 2— Ev'ng Evening Rec'd Received to-day a copy of

Rolleston, 2 December [1881]

fish-shaped island, As I wended the shores I know, As I walk'd with that electric self seeking types. 2

utmost a little wash'd-up drift, A few sands and dead leaves to gather, Gather, and merge myself as 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

Perhaps every mite has once form'd part of a sick person—yet behold!

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

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Feb: 2 '81 Thanks for your kind note just rec'd received —I think

shall meet—I shall be on the look out for you— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Louise Chandler Moulton, 2

Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).

, alive—that every thing was alive, To think that you and I did not see, feel, think, nor bear our part

, To think that we are now here and bear our part. 2 Not a day passes, not a minute or second without

flung out from the steeples of churches and from all the public buildings and stores, The tearful parting

, the mother kisses her son, the son kisses his mother, (Loth is the mother to part, yet not a word does

THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

Volunteer of 1861-2, (at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.)

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hilltop, this same ground.

Camden Thursday Evening June 2 My dear friend I suppose it must look fine down there after the heavy

come down soon, for two or three days—will send you word— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2

ecstatic rose the chant, As if the heirs, the deities of the West, Joining with master-tongue bore part

indications, the vistas of coming humanity, the settlements, features all, In the Mendocino woods I caught. 2

Camden Jan: 2 '81 Dear Hank I hear from you indirectly once in a while by Hoag, (& saw Debbie & Jo some

bells—Dear boy, I send you my best love & dont you forget it— Your old Walt Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 2

Ingersoll sent on March 25, 1880 (see the letter from Whitman to Ingersoll on April 2, 1880).

the hermit thrush from the swamp-cedars, Solitary, singing in the West, I strike up for a New World. 2

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

and passing on, Another generation playing its part and passing on in its turn, With faces turn'd sideways

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

I will not make poems with reference to parts, But I will make poems, songs, thoughts, with reference

but never seen before, one Standish O'Grady, a barrister who drifted into authorship, has written part

These to embalm a day to keep fresh its memory forever. 2.

willingness, promptness, &c. my terms are: 25 cts on every copy sold if the retail price is put at $2

Stevens Street Camden New Jersey April 9 '81 My Dear Miss Gilder Thanks for the slips of No: Number 2,

"No. 2" was part of a series of six articles entitled "How I Get Around at 60 and Take Notes."

Floyd Stovall (New York: New York University Press, 1964), 2:759.

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

was thinking something might be done with an extra bound edition for the holiday book trade for '81–2

life a share or more or less, None born but it is born, conceal'd or unconceal'd the seed is waiting. 2

pert apparel, the deform'd attitude, drunkenness, greed, pre- mature premature death, all these I part

sending itself ahead countless years to come. 2 O but it is not the years—it is I, it is You, We touch

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? any thing in the past?

forth every day, And the first object he look'd upon, 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 field-sprouts of Fourth-month and Fifth-month became part of him, Winter-grain sprouts and those

launch and spin through space revolving sideling, from these to emanate, To you whoe'er you are—a look. 2

, any thing is but a part.

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

the best poems re-appears the body, man's or woman's, well- shaped well-shaped , natural, gay, Every part

losing, Of all able and ready at any time to give strict account, The divine ship sails the divine sea. 2

Whitman's Poems" (the old name of "Leaves of Grass" running through the same as ever)—to be either a $2.

Whitman made the following note in his Commonplace Book on February 2: "Sent a set Two Vols: to Frank

See also Whitman's letter to Ransom of February 2, 1881.

Cluster: Songs of Parting. (1881) SONGS OF PARTING. AS THE TIME DRAWS NIGH.

Your horizon rises, I see it parting away for more august dramas, I see not America only, not only Liberty's

advancing with irresistible power on the world's stage, (Have the old forces, the old wars, played their parts

all its horrors, serves, And how now or at any time each serves the exquisite transition of death. 2

what was promis'd, When through these States walk a hundred millions of superb persons, When the rest part

See Michael Davitt, The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland: or The Story of the Land League Revolution (New

The poem was eventually published in Kottabos, 4.1 (1882), 1–2.

Of course this will be crude to you—yet it is in parts suggestive—I have marked in blue pencil what might

after part, perhaps at quite wide intervals.

Seven different times have parts of the edifice been constructed, sometimes in Brooklyn, sometimes in

The book has been printed partially in every part of the United States.

But I have accepted it all as a part of my work.

2 The love of the body of man or woman balks account, the body itself balks account, That of the male

I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you, I believe

bones and the marrow in the bones, The exquisite realization of health; O I say these are not the parts

ranks, They debouch as they are wanted to march obediently through the mouth of that man or that woman. 2

is of 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 the

it is impossible for me to get rid of them, I am fill'd with them, and I will fill them in return.) 2

evident and amicable with me. 4 The earth expanding right hand and left hand, The picture alive, every part

remain behind you, What beckonings of love you receive you shall only answer with passionate kisses of parting

All parts away for the progress of souls, All religion, all solid things, arts, governments—all that