Feinberg—Whitman LITERARY FILE Poetry File "Come, said my Soul..." Proof with signature. Box 26 Folder 44 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, (Tallying Earth's soil, trees, winds, tumultuous waves,) Ever with pleased smile I may keep on, Ever and ever yet the verses owning — as, first, I here and now, Singing for Soul and Body, set to them my name, Walt Whitman COPYRIGHT 1881 BY WALT WHITMAN All rights reserved Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.