[Leaf 1 recto]

Beyond this ^{Ah, not this} granite dead and cold.

Beyond this ^{Ah not theis} granite dead and cold,

Far, far ^far from^this base and shaft expanding—the

round zones circling, comprehending,

No lurid fame exceptional, nor monstrous intellect, nor ^conquest's dominations ^c

Thou, Washington , aret _^^all the world's, humanity's ^freedom's

Freedom's, Law's, —not yours alone, America

Thy fame, (no lurid fame exceptional, ^{for the} nor

intellect, nor conquest's domination,)

By deathless waves of emanation the race's

common ownership,

Europe's, _^^{as well,} in castle or in cot laborer's cot—the

Arab's in his tent—the African's,

Old Asia's there with venerable smile seated

amid the past,

(Greets the antique the hero new? 'tis but the

same—the eternal heart and arm—the

heir legitimate

Courage, alertness, patience, hope, the same—

e'en in defeat defeated not, the same;)

No lurid fame exceptional, nor monstrous intellect, nor conquest's domination;)

Through teeming cities' streets, indoors or out,

factories or farms,

Where'er ship sails, or house is built on land,

or night or day,

Now, or to come, or past—where patriot

bra wills existed or exist

Wherever Freedom, pois'd by toleration, sway'd by Law,

Rising or risen,of thee are monuments _{there are ^is thy monumentst} .

Date: This manuscript was probably composed in early 1885, shortly before the poem commemorating the dedication of the Washington Monument was published.

Editorial note

"Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold" was published first on February 22, 1885, in the Philadelphia Press. The poem was ultimately titled "Washington's Monument, February 22, 1885."

The verso of the manuscript leaf is blank.

Location: Ah, not this granite dead and cold MA 627 | The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

Whitman Archive ID: pml.00001

Beyond this Ah, not this granite dead and cold.

Beyond this ^{Ah, not this} granite dead and cold.