Content:
An outline for a poem on various types of music, potentially related to
"Proud Music of the
Storm" and/or "The
Mystic Trumpeter." The poem "The Mystic Trumpeter" was first published in
The Kansas Magazine
of
February 1872. "Proud Music of the Storm" was first published in the
Atlantic Monthly
in February 1869.
The reverse contains cancelled notes about a stanza to describe a triumphal
instrumental and vocal chorus corresponding to that of man triumphing over
temptation and weakness.
Whitman Archive Title: [Hark! some wild trumpeter]
Content:
"The Mystic Trumpeter" was
first published in the February 1872 issue of
The Kansas Magazine
, after which Whitman published it
in the 1872 book
As a Strong Bird on
Pinions Free
, in the 1876
Two
Rivulets
, and in the 1881 edition of
Leaves of Grass
. There and in later editions the poem
was included in "From Noon to Starry
Night." Other drafts of the poem are housed in the Charles E. Feinberg
Collection at the Library of Congress, the Trent Memorial Collection at Duke
University, and the T.E. Hanley Collection at the University of Texas.
Whitman Archive Title: [Hark! some wild trumpeter—]
Content:
Held together loosely by a cover onto which a scrap of paper was pasted
as a label, inscribed by Walt Whitman: "Hark! some wild
trumpeter—." On verso of cover: "Advertising book of the
Daily Freeman
." At head in
Whitman's hand: "Original rough draught and Memoranda of
Mystic Trumpeter
." Three
pages of memoranda consist of trial lines and lists of words to be used
in the poem. The first page is signed by Whitman. Mostly written in ink
on versos of Department of Justice stationery. Many corrections in
pencil, indelible pencil, or red ink. "The Mystic Trumpeter" was first published
in 1872.
Content:
Nine draft lines, uncorrected, of section 8 of "The Mystic Trumpeter,"
a poem first published in
The Kansas Magazine
in February 1872. It was reprinted in
As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free
(1872),
Two Rivulets
(1876), and subsequent editions of
Leaves of Grass.
On the verso, someone—perhaps a collector or archivist—jotted a note about "From Noon to Starry Night" and "The Mystic Trumpeter."
Content:
A copy of the Budapest newspaper
Fovarosi Lapok
of January 19, 1873 containing Whitman's
poem "The Mystic
Trumpeter" in Hungarian and an interview with the poet by
Liptay Pal. At the top, written in pencil, are notes in Whitman's
hand.
