Leaves of Grass by American poet Walt Whitman was due back on June 3rd of 1974.

美国诗人沃尔特·惠特曼的《草叶集》应于1974年6月3日归还。

In 1881, yet another edition of Leaves of Grass was published.

1881 年，又一版《草叶集》出版。

He called this first book of his poetry Leaves of Grass.

他称他的第一本诗集为《草叶集》。

Even though many critics and many poets loved Leaves of Grass, the general public didn't.

尽管许多评论家和诗人都喜欢《草叶集》，但普通大众并不喜欢。

But Whitman had not given up on that first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass.

但惠特曼并没有放弃第一本诗集《草叶集》。

And that's why Leaves of Grass was so different from the other poetry that had been published before it.

这就是为什么《草叶集》与之前出版的其他诗歌如此不同的原因。

After leaving, Professor Gottesman then weaved the surprise visit into his lecture on Walt Whitman and the Leaves of Grass.

离开后，戈特斯曼教授将这次意外的访问编入了他关于沃尔特惠特曼和草叶集的讲座中。

In fact, there were a total of nine editions of Leaves of Grass that were published in Whitman's lifetime.

事实上，惠特曼一生共出版了九版《草叶集》。

In 1855 the first edition of his " Leaves of Grass" appeared, which met with very little critical approval because of its frankness and its unconventional verse form.

1855 年， 他的《草叶集》第一版问世， 但由于其坦率和非传统的诗歌形式， 几乎没有得到评论界的认可。

Oddly enough, interestingly enough, the newspapers began to write articles about these criticisms of Whitman's collection of poetry, and he actually began to sell more of his Leaves of Grass collection.

奇怪的是，有趣的是，报纸开始写文章批评惠特曼的诗集，而他实际上开始销售更多的草叶集。