Content:
Fair copy draft of the poem "Warble for Lilac-Time," first published in the
Galaxy
9 (May 1870).
Whitman revised the poem for reprinting in
Passage to India
(1871), in the New York
Daily Graphic
(12
May 1873), in the group "Passage to India" of
Leaves of Grass
(1872) and
Two Rivulets
(1876),
and in its present form in
Leaves of Grass
(1881-82).
Whitman Archive Title: Branches & sprigs of lilacs
Content:
A note expressing Whitman's intentions for the revision of a poem or
group of poems, the identity of which is uncertain. A connection to
"Warble for
Lilac-Time," first published in 1870, seems likely,
however.
Content:
Title, note, and verse fragment, approximately twenty-five words,
probably related to the poem "Warble for Lilac-Time," which was first
published in
The Galaxy
in May
1870. On the verso is a letter drafted in an unknown hand on
behalf of the US Attorney General, dated Feb. 12, 1869.