Manuscript/Mixed Material Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, 1842-1892; "Song of the Open Road" ( 1856 ), corrected pages
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Image 1 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … FEINBERGWHITMAN LITERARY FILE POETRY FILE Song of the Open Road1856 AMS corrected pages DCN 241 Box 29 Folder 25 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 6 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD BY WALT WHITMAN The Poets Corrected Proof Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 7 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … quiet consequences a page quiet a little 161 LEAVES OF GRASS This piece runs from page 161 to page 172 SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 1 1 AFOOT and light hearted I…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 8 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 178 LEAVES OF GRASS 6 Here the profound lesson of reception neither preference nor denial The black with his woolly head the felon the diseasâd the illiterate person are not denied The…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 9 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … LEAVES OF GRASS SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 1 1 Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road Healthy free the world before me The long brown path before me leading…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 10 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 180 LEAVES OF GRASS Listening to others and considering well what they say Pausing searching receiving contemplating Gently but with undeniable will divesting myself of the holds that would hold me 14…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 11 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 179 From all that has been near you I believe you have imparted to yourselves and now would impart the same secretly to me From the living…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 12 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 182 LEAVES OF GRASS Why are there men and women that while they are nigh me the sunlight expands my blood Why when they leave me do my pennants of joy sink…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 13 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 181 21 Here is the test of wisdom Wisdom is not finally tested in schools Wisdom cannot be passâd from one having it to another not having…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 14 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 184 LEAVES OF GRASS No diseasâd personâno rumdrinker or venereal taint is permitted here 38 I and mine do not convince by arguments similes rhymes We convince by our presence 11 39…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 15 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 183 31 The earth never tires The earth is rude silent incomprehensible at firstâ Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first Be not discouragedâkeep onâthere are divine…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 16 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 186 LEAVES OF GRASS To see no possession but you may possess itâenjoying all without labor or purchaseâabstracting the feast yet not abstracting one particle of it To take the best of…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 17 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 185 Trusters of men and women observers of cities solitary toilers Pausers and contemplators of tufts blossoms shells of the shore Dancers at weddingdances kissers of brides…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 18 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … 188 LEAVES OF GRASS 16 52 Allons through struggles and wars The goal that was named cannot be countermanded 53 Have the past struggles succeeded What has succeeded yourself your nation nature…
- Date: 1856-01-01
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Image 19 of Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary File, 1841-1919; Poetry, … SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD 187 They go they go I know that they go but I know not where they go But I know that they go toward the bestâtoward something…
- Date: 1856-01-01