FEINBERG/WHITMAN LITERARY FILE Prose ¨Added Songs to Leaves of Grass¨(undated). Box 35 Folder 28 A.MS.draft. 578 Added Songs to Leaves of Grass: prose. A.MS. (1p. 10 1/2 by 17 cms.) Written in pencil, with one of the corrections in blue pencil, on a page torn from a notebook, 78 words: Though unable to [specify any good] give conclusive reasons for doing it--may-be, indeed, [under] but from an imperious caprice, or [perhaps] may-be the garrulity of [advancing] arriving age--I take [advantage] the occasion of printing some [additional] added songs at the end of Leaves of Grass to add something [Memoranda] else also--jotting down [the] casual [?] points and [parts] passages thoughts and recollections just as they come in my mind, with out [no] much attempt at connection Though unable to [specify any good] give conclusive reasons for doing it -- may-be indeed [under] but from an imperious caprice, or [perhaps] may-be the garrulity of [advancing] arriving age -- I take [advantage] the occasion of printing some [additional] added songs at the end of Leaves of Grass to add something [Memoranda] else also -- jotting down [the] casual points and [parts] passages, thoughts and recollections just as they come in my mind, without [no] much attempt at connection Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.