Content:
Poetry manuscript titled "Pictures," approximately six lines, heavily revised. The
first few lines of this manuscript appeared, further revised, in "The Runner," first
published in the 1867 edition of
Leaves of Grass
. The middle section of the
manuscript is possibly related to "Song of the Banner at Daybreak," which was
first published in 1865 in
Drum-Taps
. A different version of last the
two lines of the manuscript appear in another poetry draft, also titled
"Pictures," now in Yale University's Beinecke Library.
The writing on the verso is not Whitman's.
Content:
A manuscript fragment containing the first two partial lines of the poem
"Song of the Banner at Daybreak"
first published in 1861 as "Banner at day-Break". The fragment has been pasted to a larger sheet making the verso unavailable.
Whitman Archive Title: [O I think I could not be the]
Content:
Approximately four draft lines, showing a moderate amount of revision, for the poem "Song of the Banner at Daybreak," first
published in 1865 in
Drum-Taps
and reprinted, with revisions, in subsequent editions of
Leaves of Grass.
