nypl:

Walt Whitman manuscript, “Go, said his soul to a poet.”

The manuscript is comprised of two unequal-sized sheets of paper pasted together. Note in ink in Whitman’s hand running along upper left says: “Scrap of Rough Draft / W Whitman.” Additional note in Whitman’s hand written in red ink along seam where the two sheets are joined: “inscription on title page last edition Leaves of Grass.”

From the Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Like, what if I took someone on a date to the Berg Collection? Or the Library of Congress? Or the NYPL’s Cullman Center? What if I dated someone who was like, “Oh my god, tell me all about your research! What did it feel like to see those manuscripts? Did you smell them? Please tell me you smelled them.”