...of both life and death, and of their relationship. In "Song of Myself" (my childhood copy) he says, "I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation," while later he refers to it as "the beautiful uncut hair of graves." His book is not only a celebration...

...somewhere in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or 1 guess the grass itself is a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. Or I...alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among the black folks as among white, Canuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive...

...the "thesis" image of Leaves of Grass, as it appeared on the first page of the first edition in 1855: Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means,...Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. (Whitman 1982:31) Hayden's...

...dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced...narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck,10Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. And now it seems...

...dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced...hieroglyphic, And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same,...

...designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name in the corners that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child .... the produced babe of vegetation. Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic [...]. And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut...

...dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced...Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. And now it seems to me...

...dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced...Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. Tenderly will I use you...

...commentary on this section. Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. 105 Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means,...Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff,9 1 give them the same, I receive them the same. And now it seems to me...

...the produced babe ofthe vegetation. También símbolo de la igualdad de las naciones y de las razas: Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means,...alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among blackfolks as among white Finalmente, símbolo del cielo de la vida, del triunfo sobre la muerte: And...