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

meanings; The charms that go with the mere looks of some men and women, are sayings and meanings also. 2

Leaves of Grass 2 2.

money-maker that plotted all day sleeps, And the enraged and treacherous dispositions—all, all sleep. 2

that loves unrequited, the money- maker money-maker , The actor and actress, those through with their parts

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

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

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

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 she

The Centenarian's Story THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

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 hill-top, this same ground.

It is well—a lesson like that, always comes good; I must copy the story, and send it eastward and west

2 For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful

globe uprisen around me; Yet there with my soul I fed—I fed content, super- cilious supercilious . 2

his field or gathering his grain; So fierce you whirr and pound, you drums—so shrill you bugles blow. 2

to me you bring; Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west, And thought of him I love. 2

Fallen cold and dead. 2 O captain! my captain!

days, that forgive not, I dispense from this side judgments inexorable, without the least remorse. 2

indescribable look; Of the dead on their backs, with arms extended wide, I dream, I dream, I dream. 2

finish'd Sabbath, On the pavement here—and there beyond, it is looking, Down a new-made double grave. 2

conqueror—yet treacher- ous treacherous lip-smiles everywhere, And Death and infidelity at every step.) 2

west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd, both mother's and father's, His first parts

employments, are you and me, Past, present, future, are you and me. 18 I swear I dare not shirk any part

of myself, Not any part of America, good or bad, Not the promulgation of Liberty—not to cheer up slaves

with the Power's pulsations—and the charm of my theme was upon me, Till the tissues that held me, parted

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

From all that has been near you, I believe you have im- parted imparted to yourselves, and now would

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

; The body does not travel as much as the soul; The body has just as great a work as the soul, and parts

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

thank you for liking me as I am, and liking the touch of me—I know that it is good for you to do so. 2

Debris 2 ANY thing is as good as established, when that is estab- lished established that will produce

Leaves of Grass 2 2. TEARS! tears! tears!

all so dear to me—what you are, (whatever it is), I become a part of that, whatever it is Southward there

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;

vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouch- safed vouchsafed to none—Tell me the whole story, Tell me what

Thoughts 2 2.

æsthetic, or in- tellectual intelltual , Who, having consider'd the Body, finds all its organs and parts

I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person —That is finally right. 2.

quickly to sail, come tell me, Come tell me where I am speeding—tell me my destina-tiondestination. 2

is not enough to have this globe, or a certain time —I will have thousands of globes, and all time. 2

returning in the afternoon—my brood of tough boys accom- panying accompanying me, My brood of grown and part-grown

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is Life, real and mystical, wherever and who- ever whoever ; Great is Death—sure as life holds all parts

together, Death holds all parts together.

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.

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 an accouchement!

He was a good fellow, free-mouth'd, quick-temper'd, not bad-looking, able to take his own part, witty

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

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

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

and the silent manner of me, with- out without charm; Yet comes one, a Manhattanese, and ever at parting

—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

sought to escape, confronting, reversing my cries; I see my own soul trampling down what it ask'd for.) 2

your horizon rises—I see it parting away for more august dramas; I see not America only—I see not only

that force advancing with irresistible power on the world's stage; (Have the old forces played their parts

resumed, the chaos louder than ever, with eager calls, and orders of officers; While from some distant part

touch you, For I could not die till I once look'd on you, For I fear'd I might afterward lose you. 2

(Now we have met, we have look'd, we are safe; Return in peace to the ocean my love; I too am part of

despite of people —Illustrates evil as well as good; How many hold despairingly yet to the models de- parted

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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

ask George whether any thing could be done with $500 cash about getting a lot & moderate-sized two story

See John Townsend Trowbridge, My Own Story (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 265–67.

night, she died, & was buried the next Wednesday—they sent me word that the funeral was to be at ½ past 2—

tortured to death probably a happy exchange) i have had a long letter from mr heyde the principle part

often expressed interest in her children, Helen, Emma, and Arthur (another son, Henry, had died at 2

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

letter of the 17th—I have been thinking about you this cold weather—& especially the storm latter part

According to Thomas Jefferson Whitman's December 21, 1866 letter to Walt Whitman, Bergen contributed $2