Walt Whitman's poem to-day at Dartmouth College

Whitman Archive Title: Walt Whitman's poem to-day at Dartmouth College
Whitman Archive ID: yal.00327
Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Box: 3
Folder: 118
Date: 1872
Genre: prose, poetry
Physical Description: 7 leaves, handwritten; printed
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Content: A draft of "Walt Whitman's Poem Today at Dartmouth College," an essay announcing the commencement poem Whitman delivered at Dartmouth June 26, 1872. This piece was published in the 26 June 1872 issue of the Washington Evening Star and includes excerpts from Whitman's poem, "Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood," originally published in the New York Herald 26 June 1872 under the title "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free." This poem was later published with seven other poems in a pamphlet, As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free (1872). It was also included in a supplement bound with Two Rivulets (1876). Whitman eventually changed the title to "Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood," added a new opening stanza, made additional revisions, and incorporated the poem into Leaves of Grass (1881–82).