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Hast never come to thee an hour,

When The _^ A sudden _^ [penetrating?] gleam _^ precipitating all——the _^ phantasm, mockery of wealth?

Of all these eager aims—these politics,

amours?

The phantasm thou art making life?

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Hast never come to thee in life an one hour

one A sudden _^ strange unearthly gleam, precipitating _^ bursting all the phantasm these bubble

mockery _^ ies? of wealth

Of all t T hese eager business aims? ~~these~~ these shows, amours— pol

itics, amours, fashions, wealth?

Editorial note: This manuscript contains two drafts of "Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour," a poem published first in the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass.; The verso of the manuscript leaf is blank.

Location: Papers of Walt Whitman (MSS 3829) | Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

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