leep ers ▁etc .). ▁The ▁po ems ▁of ▁the ▁Cl ust ers ▁and ▁Anne xes ▁were ▁them atically ▁related . ▁The ▁only ▁odd ▁group ▁in ▁the ▁Whit man ▁Can on ▁were ▁the ▁po ems ▁that ▁were ▁added ▁to ▁ed itions ▁after ▁the ▁poet ' s ▁death , ▁by ▁exec utor ▁Hor ace ▁Tra ub el : ▁" Old ▁Age ▁E cho es ." ▁▁ ▁Gard ner ▁simply ▁ran ▁the ▁numbers . ▁He ▁discovered ▁that ▁when ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁" C ant icles " ▁and ▁the ▁post hum ous ▁ 1 3 ▁" Old ▁Age ▁E cho es ," ▁were ▁subtract ed ▁from ▁the ▁Can on ical ▁Count ▁of ▁ 4 0 2 , ▁the ▁remainder ▁was ▁the ▁suggest ive ▁total ▁of ▁ 3 6 4 . ▁In ▁the ▁Death bed ▁Edition ▁of ▁ 9 1 / 9 2 ▁Whit man ▁returned ▁an ▁earlier ▁Ep ig raph , ▁" Come ▁said ▁my ▁Soul " ▁to ▁the ▁title ▁page ▁with ▁a ▁fac sim ile ▁his ▁signature . ▁The ▁poet ▁concluded ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁by ▁signing ▁off ▁on ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁an ▁early ▁design ▁of ▁a ▁New ▁Bible — " the ▁main ▁life ▁work — the ▁three ▁hundred ▁and ▁si xty - five ." ▁ ▁Gard ner ▁points ▁to ▁the ▁poet ' s ▁instruction ▁that ▁no ▁additional ▁po ems ▁be ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁total ▁of ▁the ▁Death bed ▁collection : ▁I ▁place ▁upon ▁you ▁the ▁inj unction ▁that ▁whatever ▁may ▁be ▁added ▁the ▁Le aves ▁shall ▁be ▁supp lement ary , ▁av owed ▁as