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What became in 1881 the first part of "Song of the Answerer" originated as an untitled section of the

The eventual second part of "Song of the Answerer" originated in some phrases in the Preface to the 1855

the 1860 edition, and appeared as "The Indications" in the 1867 and later editions, until it became part

In section 2 the tone shifts somewhat, as Whitman develops an elaborate distinction between the poet

In the last two stanzas of section 2, however, Whitman returns to the larger themes of the first section

Whitman wrote this poem early in the war, before he had seen for himself the effects of combat, may in part

In the 1860 edition it became number 2 of the "Chants Democratic," and it acquired its final title in

of the mother's bowels, is not only the emerging infant but also the phallus of the father" (Gregory 2)

these lines, as well as the changes in the title of the poem, suggest some ambivalence on Whitman's part

The first part of this poem emphasizes primarily the superiority of "substantial words"—things themselves

This instability may in part explain the extraordinary proliferation of negative grammatical constructions

This image of the "divine ship sail[ing] the divine sea" (section 2) may seem unequivocally positive.

(section 2) Although Whitman here seems to be addressing us in Orphic tonalities, a world in which all

it philosophy even to declare that the "sweat" and the "bowels" and "the toe-joints" are not only parts

" "Lift me close to your face Till I whisper " "What you are holding is in reality "no letter" nor part

Price to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1891

It is postmarked: Woodside | Feb | 2 | 1890 | N. Y.; Camden, N. J. | Feb | 3 | 6AM | 1891 | Rec'd.

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

in Brooklyn, and the couple had four children—Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2

through the medium of the pen I am thankfull I have the privelige of doing so that I may tell you in part

Live Oak" tells the story of the speaker's infatuation with a male lover, his abandonment, and his accommodation

twelve of the poems had originally formed a sequence entitled "Live Oak with Moss," which tells the story

Only in "Live Oak" do we get a clear story of a love affair with a man, along with a story of a coming

Poem 2 gives the sequence part of its title: "I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing."

But he knows he can't—except of course in "parting," which by this point in Whitman's career has become

He's extremely ambivalent about the act of writing poetry: in poem 2 he needs a lover to "utter leaves

Whitman's 'Gay Manifesto,"' which appeared in the September 1996 issue of Nineteenth-Century Literature (51:2)

notebook a sequence of twelve poems ("Live Oak with Moss" or "Live Oak, with Moss") that narrate the story

corrections and notes on a printed copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson's July 21, 1855, letter to Whitman and part

Surrey, England 2. V. 91.

We thank you for your love of nature that has made you a part of nature—the poet of Nature,—& more for

The review of Leaves of Grass that appeared in the New–York Saturday Press on June 2, 1860, was signed

In the winter they protect the naked parts of the earth and the tender roots of others plants hidden

elements of the highest fertility within his reach, in the inexhaustable beds of marl which underlie this part

—According to the cenus returns, the entire number of Indians inhabiting all parts of our country amounts

In the Pelasgic, the Etruscan, or the British story, there is nothing so shadowy and unreal.

Thoreau At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

The story and fabulous portion of this book winds loosely from sentence to sentence as so many oases

reader leaps from sentence to sentence, as from one stepping stone to another, while the stream of the story

We will not dispute the story.

. | Mar | 21 | 5 P M | Rec'd; Point St-Char | 2 | M | 88 | .

human belongings, human throbs:—the Christ as founder, as a man, is solemn fact—the super natural story

It is postmarked: Padding | Y 2 | AP | 8; New York | 15; Camden N.J. | Apr 1 | 6 AM | 1889 | Rec'd; |

New York, Nov 2 18 91 Walt Whitman Esq. Camden, N.J.

Henry Hopkins to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1891

Your favor of 2 d inst. instant to me, and papers for others were duly received, and I am requested by

President. cable NUMBER 15 SENT BY EL REC'D By —M CHECK 20 Received at 627 No. 7 North THIRD St. 6/2

188 9 Dated London 6/2/89 , To Walt.

Henry Irving Henry Irving to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1889

Maywood All things in the universe form one in indissoluble whole, And each infinitesimal part is énorme

Songs in Absence," see The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough edited by his wife, Volume 2:

those of much better theologians, if we should ultimately allow the text to play but an insignificant part

every little corner of it, and because they have had some conception of the relative value of the parts

for it ☜ will be found that the greater part of authors have bought, not, as they fondly imagined, a

or fragment of a story from some obscure authors, shall suddenly be invested with an intrinsic force

The ill which other mendo, for the most part dies with them.

. | AUG | 2 | 8 AM | 1891 | REC'D.

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:575.

President of the United States, or such person as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part

As any part had by the Mr.

that city "sporting his American buggy, fast horse," etc. which letter also contains an offer on the part

Copy of the original warehouse Receipt for 28 bales of cotton, out of an invoice of 143. 2.

Lamar to the Secretary of the Treasury, upon which No's 2 and 3 were furnished by the Secretary. 4.

Sir: In accordance with a requirement in the Act of Congress of March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act making

To the House of Representatives: By a provision of the Act of March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act making

trust by the United States for the tribe of Chickasaw Indians, and for all other tribes of Indians. 2.

The abstracted Bonds above mentioned are understood to be a part of those which were stolen while in

held in trust by the United States, under Act of July 12, 1862 ....... 660,412:01 Total $ 5,036,220:21 2.

So also by Act of March 2, 1867, (Sess.

Supreme Court of the United States for the years ending June 30, 1865, June 30, 1866, and June 30, 1867. "2:

However, by the Act of March 2, 1867, (Less.

granted for, or applied to, any of the purposes above mentioned, is that appropriated by the Act of March 2,

This draft contains stipulations on the part of the Company, comprehending 1st, the relocation and construction

On the part of the United States, the stipulations include,—1st, the grant of a permanent location and

of the official bond of said Gilson, and of his requisition on the Treasurer of the United States. 2.

of a Department, such sum as may be stipulated or agreed on"—and in the Appropriation Act of March 2,

Attorney General to employ counsel to assist the District Attorneys, that is given by the Act of August 2,

1861, (12 Stat at Large, p. 285, sec. 2,) as follows: "That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby

Day, and 2 cases marked Dr.

I was so rejoiced to see substantive proof of your part recovery in the firmly written post cards to

I have just received a letter from Ernest Rhys who speaks of having been back to England 2 weeks.

A poet and short story writer, he was a close friend of the Costelloe family in England.

Last Wednesday I, mother, Giddy, & Kate Hillard went to Mrs. Bigelow's reception.

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1879

Bucke's book—a job I got through Buxton Forman, a great friend of Bucke's, done con amore on my part.

You play a prominent part in this picture—seated at table bending over a nosegay of flowers, poetizing

The upshot of it all will be that either Unwin will sign my agreement as drawn by Ross or I shall part

You have not acknowledged Richard Colles' ￡2. sent by me per money order before Browns ￡5. and I have

clothed in pretty dress has been my first consideration— & cudos necessarily plays but a fractional part

A front-page story on July 15 quoted at length the defense of Leaves of Grass offered by the Reverend

See Herbert's letter to Whitman of December 2, 1885.

H Gilchrist Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 December 1885

question, Roden Noel's (1834–1894) "A Study of Walt Whitman: The Poet of Modern Democracy" (Dark Blue 2

I heard some strange Somersetshire stories, this is one—Lord Portman's steward died a rich man and willed

Walt A wish has suddenly and quite spontaneously sprung up in England amongst your readers to in some part