sorrow | Whitman Archive

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Title: sorrow
Date: 1865
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: loc.00052
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from The Walt Whitman Archive I: Whitman Manuscripts at the Library of Congress, ed Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:157. The transcription was then checked against digital images of the original. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
Editorial note: This manuscript was likely written soon after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, as Whitman composed his elegy for Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." A few of the words appear in that poem, including "mourn," "sad," "wailing," and others.
Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "sorrow." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 20 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
Source File: loc.00052.xml (TEI)

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