An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Beach, Juliette authorOf Walt Whitman

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A Woman [Beach, Juliette H.]. "Walt Whitman." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-6-23).

Beach's misquotations come from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass:

And I call to mankind, Be not curious about God,
For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God,
No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God, and about death.

[. . .]

I find letters from God dropped in the street—and every one is signed by God's name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that others will punctually come forever and ever.

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