Content:
An early draft of the poem originally published as "Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" in the
Philadelphia Press
on February 22, 1885. It would later be reprinted
as "Washington's Monument,
February, 1885" in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888). This draft, written on both sides of a thin leaf of
paper, is the earliest of the four drafts of this poem held at the Pierpont Morgan Library (the others are pml.00005, pml.00001, and pml.00010).
Whitman Archive Title: Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold
Content:
Proof with Whitman's holograph corrections. Published first under this
title in 1885. Later published as "Washington's Monument, February, 1885."
Whitman Archive Title: Ah, not this granite dead and cold
Content:
Draft of the poem originally published as "Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" in the
Philadelphia Press
on February 22, 1885. It would later be reprinted
as "Washington's Monument,
February, 1885" in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888). This is a later draft than pml.00005 and pml.00009. An image of the verso is currently unavailable.
Whitman Archive Title: Beyond this granite dead and cold
Content:
Draft of the poem originally published as "Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" in the
Philadelphia Press
on February 22, 1885. It would later be reprinted
as "Washington's Monument,
February, 1885" in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888). This draft (a later draft than pml.00009 but earlier than pml.00001) is written on a piece of paper with an envelope pasted at the bottom, postmarked February 18, 1885.
Whitman Archive Title: Ah, not that granite dead and cold!
Content:
A late draft of the poem originally published as "Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" in the
Philadelphia Press
on February 22, 1885. It would later be reprinted
as "Washington's Monument,
February, 1885" in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888). This draft is the latest of the four drafts of this poem held at the Pierpont Morgan Library (the others are pml.00009, pml.00005, and pml.00001). An image of the verso is currently unavailable.
