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

a series of rhetorical questions, the speaker demands to know how the earth, "every mite" (section 2)

concludes that "The summer growth is innocent and disdainful above all those strata of sour dead" (section 2)

title, a key line—"The resurrection of the wheat appears with pale visage out of its graves" (section 2)

he exclaims (section 2).

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. "This Compost" (1856)

.: "May not a great part of it be mental." B. then: "It probably is."

I read a story years ago—a French story, by a great humorist—who pictured the return of Christ, his going

all other matters: people get accustomed to a certain order of traditions, forms: they think these a part

To lose his tone is almost to lose the whole stir of the story. "The good old lady!

Beyond and outside of that is another story, and I have no doubt (as you have so well taught) that all

Hood.W. said: "It looks as if we were right up against our great bereavement—as if the story was rapidly

enter into the French character—its life: yet it is a thing not to be reckoned without: all that is a part

Yet this is necessary, I suppose: narrow, despicable, hateful, as it is to me, it is yet part of the

story: the tail of the cat is long: and much as I despise for myself some of those tendencies, I would

That is the whole story, if story there be."

W. said for his own part: "I am persuaded that my painter has not yet arrived.

And I, for my part, not only include anarchists, socialists, whatnot, but Queens, aristocrats."

And yet—"I suppose after all it is part of the Doctor's purpose in being here to know how his irons (

friends, atmosphere, entourage, (or should) and a thousand and one of those indirections by which a story

The story came to me in that way—is perhaps not strictly true—yet is illustrative—not improbable.

Yes, Burleigh—him I remember well—a grand looking man—hair parted in the middle, curls.

Camden December 2, 1883 ["Acknowledging receipt of an invitation to the reception of Henry Irving, which

Walt Whitman to Thomas Donaldson, 2 December 1883

Camden Monday evn'g evening April 2 Think of coming over to-morrow tomorrow Tuesday (say by 1½ o'clock

)—to stay perhaps till Thursday afternoon— WW Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, 2 April [1877]

April 2 was on Monday in 1877.

Repeated Clifford's story of Lambdin, W. remarking, "I know Lambdin: he is a bad egg—bad, bad.

It is a necessary part of the story." Referring to Chile, "How absurd we are!

—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

portion of the state of New-York, and extending from about 40˚ 34´ to 41˚ 10´ North Latitude, and from 2˚

itself, expanding in width as it proceeds eastwardly from Suffolk Court House, and separating this part

In some parts this ridge or spine (as it is sometimes called) is covered by forest, and in others entirely

broken, excepting some of the necks and points that stretch into the Sound, which are, for the most part

in many places is Beach drifted by the winds into hills of the most fantastic forms, and in other parts

to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common people, the lifeblood of democracy" (Prose Works 2:

they "exhale that principle of caste which we Americans have come on earth to destroy" (Prose Works 2:

colossal grandeur and beauty of form and spirit, I could not have written 'Leaves of Grass'" (Prose Works 2:

Vol. 2. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961. Whitman, Walt. Prose Works 1892. Ed.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)

and history, human existence and the purpose of the material world.Whitman conceived of "soul" as part

One was the idea that every part of nature "without exception has an eternal soul!

In addition to being part of the divine immanence and the essence and motive force of the human personality

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964.Wrobel, Arthur.

his brother, and for men, and I an- swer answer for him that answers for all, and send these signs. 2

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.

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

The journey from Falmouth to Washington was made in two parts: first by rail to Aquia Creek Landing,

After the war, the poet rented a room in the 3-story brick building shown directly next to the Corcoran

He died on August 2, 1863.

Press, 1981), 2.

Floyd Stovall (New York: New York University Press, 1964), 2: 625.

Kirkwood noon July 2 .

for me—We expect to come up Friday—(possibly I not till Saturday)— WW Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist, 2

In a news article in the Camden Daily Post on August 2, which quoted from the Washington Star, Whitman

I am now in the eighth week of my furlough—it is seven weeks last Tuesday night since we parted there

by wars of Italian unification, established the capital of the newly unified Italy at Rome on July 2,

July 2, '90 Have seen your piece sent to H[orace Traubel's "Conservator" ] on my Quaker Traits ; and

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 2 July 1890

Camden May 2, 1887 [WW thanks his correspondent for the gift of "Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln."]

Walt Whitman to Unidentified Correspondent, 2 May 1887

He is a healthy fellow, but his stories are too much for any flesh. My imagination is too vivid.

My determination being to make the story of man, his physiological, emotional, spiritual, self, tell

its own story, unhindered by artificial agencies."

of the confinement—I still go around daily & nightly among wounded—Mother, it is just the same old story

move out & give the owner possession—I like my new quarters pretty well—I have a room to myself, 3d story

Camden New Jersey April 2 '82 My dear Dana Yes I am willing you should make extracts—Enclosed (suggestions

Dana, 2 April 1882

Maine) after the battle of White Oaks church, on the retreat, the march at night—the scene between 12 & 2

microfilm images at the Library of Congress's website "Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s–1860s," part

And The Irish Conquest of New York Politics," in Eire– Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies 36, no. 1/2

Things went on in this way for a couple of hours, when the Spartans, hearing, in some distant part of

And The Irish Conquest of New York Politics," in Eire– Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies 36, no. 1/2

This looks as if the figure 2 or 3 had been employed both ways—as a divisor of Walker’s force, and a

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

linking together the diverse individuals who make up this young "Nation announcing itself" (section 2)

sexual imagery as well; both creative and procreative energies represent the larger force that unifies part

Whispers of Heavenly Death" and immediately precedes the last section of Leaves of Grass, "Songs of Parting

After sketches of debased humanity in section 2 and noble humanity in section 4, section 3 suggests that

It will have to be ciphered and ciphered out long—and is probably in some respects the most curious part

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. "Good-Bye my Fancy" (Second Annex) (1891)

inland and seaboard, When through These States walk a hundred millions of superb persons, When the rest part

And take the young woman's hand, and the young man's hand, for the last time. 2 I announce natural persons

Tuesday, April 2, 188911 A.M. W. looking rather pale and troubled. Reading papers.

"That's a good boy story," he said: "I can appreciate your remorse!"

Tuesday, April 2, 1889

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey June 2 '84 Thanks dear friend, for your loving note & beautiful little

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Henry Tyrrell, 2 June 1884

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Jan. 2 '87 I mail you the two Vols.

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Maggie Biddle, 2 January 1887

It is postmarked: Cam[den] | Jan | 2 | (?) | 1887; Philadelphia, Pa. | Jan | 2 | (?) | Transit.

Camden Evn'g April 2 '89 A word for you only as the young man is waiting to go to P O—All ab't same with

O'Connor, 2 April 1889

. | Apr 2 | 8 PM | 89; Washington, Rec'd. | Apr 3 | 7 AM | 89 | 7.

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey April 2 Thanks, dear Colonel, for your kind letter & for your books

Ingersoll, 2 April [1880]

taken me out riding very often, & I have been everywhere within several miles, & in all the outer parts

On January 2, 1879, Whitman's sister Hannah Heyde (1823–1908) had written a letter to Whitman, in which

s part—questioning, mostly. He asked about the weather. "Is it colder than yesterday?"

Clifford also told a Josh Billings snake story which W. called "wonderfully apt" and said "has a moral

Knortz was himself part translator: I thought it would please him to know."

After a pause as if to reassure himself: "I think that is the whole story of the publication."

He repeated the story of the nobleman whom Lowell turned back.

August 2, 1869. A. S. Ridgely, Esq. late U. S. Attorney, Baltimore, Md. [See Ins. Book A. p. 384.]

Ridgley, 2 August 1869

Camden Tuesday noon Jan 2 The snow is so heavy & the ferry obstructed so by ice I defer my coming for

well & will come soon—(I won't trouble you to come over for me) WW Walt Whitman to Herbert Gilchrist, 2

It is postmarked: Camden | Jan 2 | N.J.

Whitman ended up delaying his visit until January 10 to 16 and again from January 25 to February 2.

LoreleiCederstromSymbolismSymbolismAlthough symbolism is an inherent part of the poet's art, the idea

Carlyle defines the symbol in virtually identical terms, as that which "reveals and conceals" (Symons 2)

Within me zones, seas, cataracts, forests, volcanoes, groups" (section 2).

Friday, October 2, 1891To W.'

My lecture is with my sketches, about 2 hours long—1/2 hour to each part, & about 1/2 hour to the sketches

part would put him in a wrong light—while he is not able to tell the whole story, which is a long one

W. had spent a day of varied indications—part of it restless, part peaceful.

It is a necessary part of the story." Referring to Chile, "How absurd we are!

Nov. 2, 1871. Benjamin D. Lilliman, 43 Wall street, New York . I will come. A. T. Akerman.

Lilliman, 2 November 1871

I know there are interviewer exceptions—that often there's a framework legitimate enough for the story—making

I was reminded of a story—a saying—I think drawn out during our Revolutionary War—that a few more victories

But I incline to believe the first story nearer the truth."

Nov. 2, 1871. John S. Watts, Santa Fé, New Mex. Vigil case will be reached by fifteenth instant. A.

Watts, 2 November 1871

Camden Thursday PM August 2 '88 Yet continue weak & listless—but no set-back.

Continued pleasant weather—warmish— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 2 August 1888

. | Aug 2 | 8 PM | 88.

New Jersey , July 2, 1877.

Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, 2 July 1877

Washington, Nov. 2, 187– I offer the enclosed Poem "The Mystic Trumpeter" for the January number, 1872

Church, 2 November 187[1]

manuscript draft of the poem, My Canary Bird, which was first published in the New York Herald on March 2,

September 2, 1867. General U. S. Grant, Secretary of War, ad interim .

and near the Gallatin Turnpike between five and six miles from Nashville, and consist of lots Nos. 2,

Grant, 2 September 1867

affairs. ( over all sent in a package by Express Sept 5 '76 Mr Harry Lobb £1—1 Richard Bentley Esq. 2—

2 Mr Salaman 1 Mr Browning 2 Mrs Dickens 1—1 Thomas Ashe Alfred Tennyson 5 Townsend Mayer School of Art