▁be ▁ready ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 ." ▁ ▁Buck e ▁conject ured ▁the ▁fragment ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 7 . ▁ 1 8 6 0 ' s ▁ 3 rd ▁edition ▁of ▁Le aves ▁of ▁Gr ass ▁contained ▁ 1 3 6 ▁po ems . ▁The ▁poet ▁also ▁began ▁the ▁program ▁of ▁grouping ▁po ems ▁in ▁them atic ▁clusters . ▁ ▁He ▁number ed ▁st anz as ▁to ▁give ▁them ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁Bib lic al ▁verse ▁but ▁later ▁dropped ▁the ▁conce it . ▁He ▁made ▁no ▁further ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁project ▁of ▁coupling ▁his ▁po ems ▁to ▁the ▁ 3 6 5 ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁as ▁if ▁an ▁" American " ▁Book ▁of ▁Common ▁P ray er . ▁It ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁early ▁organiz ational ▁plan ▁that ▁was ▁subsequently ▁abandoned ▁in ▁his ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁clusters ▁that ▁grouped ▁his ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁various ▁succeed ing ▁ed itions ▁of ▁Le aves ▁of ▁Gr ass . ▁ ▁Gard ner ▁noted ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁types ▁of ▁po ems ▁in ▁Whit man ' s ▁Collection . ▁The ▁Solo ▁po ems ▁and ▁those ▁grouped ▁in ▁Cl ust ers . ▁These ▁solo ▁po ems ▁Gard ner ▁called ▁Cant icles ▁after ▁an ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁reference ▁by ▁the ▁poet ▁in ▁the ▁ess ay ▁A ▁Back ward ▁Gl ance ▁O ' er ▁Tra vel ' d ▁Ro ads . ▁ ▁These ▁were ▁major ▁po ems ▁that ▁could ▁stand ▁alone ▁( S ong ▁of ▁Mys elf , ▁The ▁S