Content:
This is a draft of "Proudly the Flood Comes In," published as part of "Fancies at Navesink" in the August 1885 issue of
Nineteenth Century
. The reverse of this manuscript is an advertisement for Whitman's book,
Drum-Taps
. This manuscript is bound with others under the title "Fancies at Navesink."
Whitman Archive Title: [Nor you and trail of yours]
Content:
Draft lines of poems in the "Fancies at Navesink" cluster, first
published in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885). Lines on
the recto resemble those in "And Yet Not You Alone" and "Then Last of All." The
verso contains lines for "Proudly the Flood Comes In."
Whitman Archive Title: [Proudly the flood comes in]
Content:
Draft lines for "Proudly the Flood Come In," first published along with seven other poems in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885), under the general title "Fancies at Navesink."
Content:
Draft lines for "Proudly the Flood Come In," first published along with seven other poems in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885), under the general title "Fancies at Navesink." On the verso is a letter from an autograph-seeker.
Content:
Draft lines for "Proudly the Flood Comes In," first published along with seven other poems in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885), under the general title "Fancies at Navesink."
Content:
Draft lines for "Proudly the Flood Comes In," first published along with seven other poems in
The Nineteenth Century
(August 1885), under the general title "Fancies at Navesink."
