Content:
Corrected proof sheet for the poem "You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me," which
was first published in the November 1887 issue of
Lippincott's Magazine
in a collection of four poems titled "November Boughs." It was reprinted in
Leaves of Grass (1891-1892).
Whitman Archive Title: Sparse, wintry little leaves
Content:
A draft of a poem entitled "Sparse, wintry, little leaves." The poem was later revised
and published as "You
Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me" in 1887.
Whitman Archive Title: Note Book Walt Whitman 1333
Content:
A late notebook with notes for poem ideas, trial titles, addresses, quotations, and other material, some of which is not in Whitman's hand (see surfaces 13, 29, 36 and 38). A few of the entries contributed to published pieces of poetry. Surfaces 21 and 24 include trial titles for "Fancies at Navesink," first published in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885), and reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888). Surface 32 includes a note to "write a poem . . . to be call'd Yonnondio." Whitman first published a poem under this title in the
Critic
(26 November 1887). The poem was reprinted in "Sands at Seventy," an annex to the 1888 edition of
Leaves of Grass
, and was retained in the 1892 edition. Surface 40 contains, among other notes, a cancelled line reading "yet my soul-dearest leaves—the hardest and the last," which appeared, nearly verbatim, as the closing line of "You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me," first published along with three other poems in
Lippincott's Magazine
(November 1887) under the general title, "November Boughs." These four poems were reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to
Leaves of Grass
(1888).
Content:
Proof of a collection of four poems ("You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me,"
"'Going Somewhere,'"
"After the Supper and
Talk," and "Not
Meagre Latent Boughs Alone") under the general title "November Boughs." This
proof is made by pasting together proofs of each poem in the order
desired.
Content:
Proofs of a collection of four poems ("You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me,"
"'Going Somewhere,'"
"After the Supper and
Talk," and "Not
Meagre Latent Boughs Alone") under the general title "November Boughs."
Content:
Clipping from a newspaper of four Whitman poems: "You Lingering Sparse Leaves
of Me,"
"'Going Somewhere,'"
"After the Supper and
Talk," and "Not
Meagre Latent Boughs Alone." At the top is the title "November Boughs." At
the bottom of the clipping is written, in Whitman's hand, "1887." The poems
were published first in
Lippincott's Magazine
, November,
1887.
Whitman Archive Title: You lingering sparse leaves of me.
Content:
Lightly revised draft of the poem "You lingering sparse leaves of me," first
published in
Lippincott's
Magazine
40 (November 1887) with three other poems, under
the title "November
Boughs." It was then reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy"
annex to
Leaves of
Grass
(1888).
Whitman Archive Title: You tokens diminute and lorn
Content:
Three lines of a draft of "You lingering sparse leaves of me," first published in
Lippincott's
Magazine
40 (November 1887) with three other poems, under
the title "November
Boughs." It was then reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy"
annex to
Leaves of
Grass
(1888).
Whitman Archive Title: You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me
Content:
Corrected proof sheet for the poem "You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me," dated May 1885. The poem
was first published in the November 1887 issue of
Lippincott's Magazine
in a collection of four poems titled "November Boughs." It was reprinted in
Leaves of Grass (1891-1892).
