FEINBERG/WHITMAN LITERARY FILE POETRY FILE "From My Last Years" (1876). A.MS. draft. Box 27 Folder 11 [*246*] 1876 From My Last Years: poem. A.MS. (1p. 23 3/4 by 13 3/4 cm.) Written in ink on a sheet of stationery, with three lines crossed out with a blue pencil and one of the corrections in blue pencil, about 118 words: From my last years From my last years, last thoughts I [Gathered,] [Last thoughts, remembrances I] here bequeath, [suggesting], [Out of] [Upon the basis & the bulk expanding] [The indispensable finish & the glory], [spiritual] [Out of One's self a far Complete Self]; [Thoughts of This Union, fervid, fused], [indissoluble;] [Thoughts of the Eidolons of Man's [Men's] en or] [States', (thoughts of the real, ultimate real;)] [*over*] [*247*] Of [each & all] of Men and States[,] The final [cure] [full] resultant, full Eidolons [Spiritual Images]: [Dilating thoughts of Death & Immortality,] Scatter'd & dropt[d], as seeds, eternal [and] planted in the West, -[Co] prairie soil of Illinois -- by By moisture of Missouri, Colorado, [prairie soil], or California air, In time to germinate fully. From my last years From my last years, last thoughts I here [Last thoughts, Gathered remembrances I] bequeath, suggesting [Upon] [Out of the basis & the bulk expanding] [The indispensable finish & the glory,] [Out of One's-self a far Complete spirited Self;] [Thoughts of This Union, fervid, fused,] [indissoluble;] [Thoughts of the [Eidolons] [of] - [Man's] Men's or] [States', - (thoughts of the real, ultimate real;)] [Dilating thoughts of Death & Immortality,] Scatter'd & dropt, as seeds, eternal, [and] planted in the West, prairie soil of Illinois By moisture of Missouri, - [?] prairie soil of Illinois - by [prairie soil,] Colorado, [or] California air, In time to germinate fully. Of [each & all of] Men and States[,] The final [full] sure resultant, [Spiritual Images] full Eidolons; Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.