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2 is rougher than it h w as on Michigan or Huron: (on St.

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

The article was later reprinted in November Boughs.; 2; Transcribed from digital images of the original

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

number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part

see notes Sept 2 1888 The idea that of the that in the nature of things, thr ough all affairs and deeds

national or individual, good and bad, each has its inherent law of punishment or reward, which is part

.; see notes Sept 2 1888; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

It appears to be part of a draft of a review essay by Whitman titled "An English and an American Poet

.— West Hills is a romantic and beautiful spot; it is the most hilly and elevated part of Long Island

place, it is indeed a fine situation, and it seemed familiar enough to me, for I remembered every part

that I remember, appear to have been cut down.— The Whitmans were among the earliest settlers of that part

by descendants in New England My father's grandfather was quite a large territorial owner in that part

the canvass covering of the stage was painted, would make me.— After my own grandmother died, in 18 2

At one point this leaf was probably glued to the first leaf and constituted the first part of the note

West a hundred years from now— th two hundred years—five hundred years— (This ought to be a splendid part

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

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

that relate to the first poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled "Song of Myself," and part

See'st thou Knows thou The Three of the t T hree There is on the one part Between this beautiful but

dumb Earth, with all its manifold eloquent but inarticulate shows & objects And on the other part , the

It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, part of which eventually became "Song of the

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

Daily Eagle in the days leading up to the launch, and the launch itself was reported in an unsigned story

Daily Eagle in the days leading up to the launch, and the launch itself was reported in an unsigned story

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

manuscript, although the wording is, for the most part, quite different.

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

This manuscript leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

The leaf originally was part of a larger notebook, "The regular old followers," that probably dates to

The leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

groin l tendon, a bundle of fibres by which a muscle is joined to a bone f fibre, a thread, a fine part

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

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,

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

In August 1841, he had published a short story about a cruel schoolmaster, "Death in the School-Room,

On board steamer Griffith Upper part of Lake Huron, Saturday morning, June 10th, 1848.

My own pride was touched—and I met their conduct with equal haughtiness on my part.

They agreed to my plan (after some objections on the part of me); and I determined to leave on the succeeding

is difficult to speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it seems likely that parts

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78. 1848 New Orleans

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78.

The sentence that begins "The soul has that measureless pride..." also later became part of the poem

The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown

The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown

Whitman transcribed part of William Collins's "Ode on the Passions" on the back of this leaf. of these

Other lines and words became part of the opening lines of "Broad-Axe Poem" and "Bunch Poem" in the 1856

.— These lines were probably drafted as part of the poem published as "The Mississippi at Midnight" on

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

It was also part of a series of reviews printed separately and included in some copies of the 1855 edition

As if it were anything to analyze fluids and call certain parts oxygen or hydrogen, or to map out stars

At some point, this manuscript formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

B 2 They do not sweat and whine about their condition They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for

The Air (Space) considered with reference to the earth—as all parts of the universe bear reference to

present beauty, reality, & diversity , as the home of man.— At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

The first part of this manuscript resembles a line in the fifth poem of that edition, eventually titled

a TG 2 get— P description of Chr Poem—a perfect school, gymnastic, moral, mental and sentimental,—in

At one point, however, the manuscript was almost certainly part of "The Great Laws do not," which includes

great as the feet and fingers of the soul, goads and witnesses and alarm clocks of the soul prokers 2

delights, enjoyments touches gives it some f or aint sign of its own the harmony and measure that are part

of its essence; as a good part of the soul is its craving for that which we incompletely describe by

.; 1; 2; 3; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

—They are part of the organic motion of the city, for the life and health of it from head to foot.— WW

2 9A 1 dithyrambic trochee iambic anaepest.

regularly be a dactyl—the sixth always a spondee, So thus hav ing spok en the casque nod ding Hec tor de part

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jr born June 25, 1776 Died at Dix Hills, Sept. 8, 1845 Sarah Whitman, born Jan. 1, 1778. died Feb. 2,

Army of 1776 under chief command of Washington, See 1st edition Reminiscences of Long Island, vol. 2,

Moved from Liberty st. to Front st, (eastern part, and lived there in spring and early summer of 1833

Sold the two 3 story houses in Cumberland st. March 1853.

Moved into the little 2 story house Cumberland st April 21st, '53 (lived there just one year exactly.

One of the names referenced on the verso, Covert, appears as a character in both Whitman's short story

" next to which Whitman writes "the villain," appears as a villainous character in Whitman's short story

page of Skakspere Shakespeare 's poems 1600 letters in one of my closely written MS pages like page 2

1120) (7 7840 160 4 1160) 6400 (5 5800 600 2 for frontispiece & fly for title & blank 15—1 13 2 12 3

most even you with the worst spasms worst most fierce most tightly closely bite with your teeth at parting

On the back of this manuscript is a prose fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem

wholesome, clear-eyed, Six feet ten inches high— tall— of noble head and bearded face, Every limb, every part

—the whole or any part of it?

so long enough there, to show us what life we can be,— And that my senses and our flesh, and even a part

.— I swear I will am can not to evade any part of myself, Not America, nor any attribute of America,

34 2 Man, before the rage of whose passions the storms of Heaven are but a breath; Before whose caprices

That poem includes the following lines: "And here again, this picture tells a story of the Olympic games