Excerpt from Selections From the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman Tbe aim of tbe edztor of tbis volume bas been to make a representative selection from tbe prose and poetical writ ings of Walt Wbitman. He bas tried to select, not wbat from a conventional point of view would be called tbe best of Wbitman, but ratber wbat is most cbaracteristic in bis writings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.