Content:
Brief note outlining a poem to express modern views of myth, religion,
etc. Pasted at the bottom of the leaf is a clipping, taken from an unidentified
newspaper, titled "King Ludwig's Latest Whim," which describes plans to move
monumental religious statues to a mountain peak overlooking Oberammergau
by means of a "street locomotive." The events described in the clipping occurred in 1875. It is unknown what connection, if any,
this manuscript bears to published poems, though the "idea" it outlines is one that Whitman treated frequently.
