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Whitman Archive Title: O Star of France
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Whitman Archive ID: brl.00001
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Repository ID: Add 39168 (I.10)
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the British Library
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Date: 1871
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 5 leaves, handwritten
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Content:
Full draft, heavily revised, of "O Star of France," which was first published in the June 1872 issue of
The Galaxy.
It was subsequently reprinted in
As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free
(1872) and
Two Rivulets
(1876). A revised version appeared in
Leaves of Grass
(1881–82) and in
Leaves of Grass
(1891–92). The poem's title is repeated on the verso of the final leaf. Images of the other versos are forthcoming.
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