COME, SAID MY SOUL, SUCH VERSES FOR MY BODY LET us WRITE, (FOR WE ARE ONE,) THAT SHOULD I AFTER DEATH INVISIBLY RETURN, OR, LONG, LONG HENCE, IN OTHER SPHERES, THERE TO SOME GROUP OF MATES THE CHANTS RESUMING, (TALLYTNG EARTH'S SOIL, TREES, WINDS, TUMULTUOUS WAVES,) EVER WITH PLEAS'D SMILE I MAY KEEP ON, EVER AND EVER YET THE VERSES OWNING—AS, FIRST, I HERE AND NOW, SIGNING FOR SOUL AND BODY, SET TO THEM MY NAME, AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM 1891-2 EDITIOX. DE As there are now several editions of L of G., different texts and dates, I wish to say that I prefer and recommend this present one, complete, for future printing, if there sbould be any; a copy and tac-simile, indeed, of the text of these 438 pages. The sulsequent audiusting interval which is so important to form'd and launch'd work, bxrks especiaiiy, has pass d ; and waiting till tully after that, I have given (pages 423-438) my concluding words. W. W. These concluding words appear on pp. 433-446 of the present edin. CONTENTS. On Journeys Through The States 15 Still Though The One I Sing 17 One Hour To Madness And Joy 91 Out Of The Rolling Ocean The Crowd .... 92 Ages And Ages Returning At Intervals .... 92 We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd 93 I Am He That Aches With Love 93 Once I Pass'd Through A Populous City .... 94 I Heard You Solemn-sweet Pipes Of The Organ . . 94 Whoever You Are Holding Me Now In Hand ... 97 Not Heaving From My Kirb'd Breast Only ... 100 Of The Terrible Doubt Of Appearances .... 101 The Base Of All Metaphysics 101 When I Heard At The Close Of The Day ... Ioj Are You The New Person Drawn Toward Me?. . . 103 Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone .... 103 Not Heat Flames Up And Consumes 104 I Saw In Louisiana A Live-oak Growing . ... C This Moment Yearning And Thoughtful 106 I Hear It Was Charged Against Me 107 The Prairie-grass Dividing 107 When I Peruse The Conquer'd Fame .... 107 We Two Boys Together Clinging 108 Here The Frailest Leaves Of Me 108 What Think You I Take My Pen In Hand? .110 To The East And To The West no Fast-anchor'd Eternal O Love in O You Whom I Often And Silently Come .... Hi A Song Of The Rolling Earth 170 17 17 17 18 EADER 18 18 18 29 kom PAUMANOK SELF OF ADAM GARDEN THE WORLD ENT-UP ACHING RIVERS THE BODY ELECTRIC AN WAITS FOR ME NEOUS ME UR TO MADNESS AND JOY THE ROLLING OCEAN THE CROWD D AGES RETURNING AT INTERVALS Þ, How LONG WE WERE FOOL'D . EN! O HYMENEE!. THAT ACHES WITH LOVE MOMENTS PASS'D THROUGH A Populous City You SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN WEST FROM CALIFORNIA'S SHORES EARLY IN THE MORNING 93 93 |