After the dazzle of Day
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| After the dazzle of day is gone, |
| Only the dark dark night shows |
| to my eyes the stars; |
| After the clangor of organ majestic, |
| or chorus, or perfect band, |
| Silent, athwart my soul, moves the |
| symphony true. |
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Walt Whitman |
sent to pub. in Herald
early in Feb. '88 |
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Date
- This manuscript was probably composed in 1887 or early 1888, shortly before the poem's publication.
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Editorial note
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"After the Dazzle of Day" was first published in the New York Herald, February 3, 1888.
The
verso
of
the
manuscript
leaf
is
blank.
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Notes written on manuscript
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In bottom margin, in
hand of Horace Traubel: For Francis Howard Williams
May 1896 Traubel.
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Location
- After the Dazzle of Day | The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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