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to my Notes" is written along the top of the page.
Some lines in this manuscript can also be found in [I just spin out my notes], another prose manuscript
.00986My Native Sand and Salt Once MoreJuly 25 '81—Far Rockaway LI1881prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of My
26Come, said my Soul… Proof with signature.loc.00183xxx.00596Come, Said My Soul1881poetryhandwritten1
On verso reads "Copyright 1881, By Walt Whitman, All rights reserved" Come, Said My Soul
Hannah Brush, (my grandmother Whitman) had only one brother, who died a young man—(the grave-stones from
and legislatures—but presently I expect to see myself in magazines, schools, and legislatures—or that my
The essay was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) before finally being collected in Complete Prose
leafhandwritten; This is an unsigned draft of Grand Is the Seen, a poem first published in Good-Bye My
Good-Bye My Fancy was then included as the second annex to the Deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891
Surface 40 contains, among other notes, a cancelled line reading "yet my soul-dearest leaves—the hardest
for a set of Whitmans's books: "Dear Sir, I shall be glad to supply you with a set (Two Volumes) of my
South"—which was first published in theMay, 1890 Century and then included in the second annex Good-Bye My
371886, Apr. 15, "Abraham Lincoln"loc.01762xxx.00531[The subject or text of my]1879–1887prose1 leafhandwrittenprinted
[The subject or text of my]
Richard Maurice Bucke, one of his literary executorsI have found my authority hereabout 1879prose1 leafhandwritten
I have found my authority here
pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which
[Returned from my four months]
gossiping in the candle light" that resonates with the beginning of the second paragraph of the article My
and think, 'Well, this great thing has been, and all that is now left of it is the feeble print upon my
brain, the little th rill which memory will send along my nerves, mine and my neighbours'; as we live
reading them, can be attached to their opinion at page 8 of the report R OBERT S PENCER OBINSON In my
radiation, &c. as to its fitness, appropriateness, advantage (or disadvantage) with reference to me , to my
This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mightest not lose
(Returning to my pages' front once more, resuming all, Songs, sorrows, tragedies, with stalwart joys—O
A glance look —a flashing token of my‑ myself self—to future time.
Returning to my pages' front once
not included in any subsequent editions of Leaves, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
not included in any subsequent editions of Leaves, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
not included in any subsequent editions of Leaves, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
included are: As the Time Draws Nigh, Ashes of Soldiers, Years of the Modern, Thoughts, Song at Sunset, My
122ucb.00014xxx.00812xxx.00814I just spin out my notes[I just spin out my notes]1876–1882prose1 leafhandwritten
[I just spin out my notes]
A single line from this manuscript, "Only the undulations of my Thought beneath under the Night and Stars—or
, and My Picture-Gallery, are 14 words of notations in Whitman's hand.
hun.00021xxx.00596HM 6713'Come said my soul. . .'
[Come, said my Soul]about 1875poetry1 leafhandwritten; A signed draft, heavily revised, of the untitled
'Come said my soul. . .'
A.MS. draft.loc.00248xxx.00236[(Returning to my pages front once]between 1873-1876poetryhandwritten1
[(Returning to my pages front once]
Portions of this manuscript contributed to Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings, Good-Bye My Fancy (1891
included in any subsequent editions of Leaves of Grass, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
Poem for of of adherence to of my adherence the good old cause the "good old cause" is that in all its
27From My Last Years (1876).
A.MS. draft.loc.00199xxx.00494From My Last Yearsabout 1876poetryhandwritten1 leaf23.75 x 13.75 cm; A
draft of From My Last Years written in ink on a sheet of stationery, with three lines crossed out with
From My Last Years was published only once, in Two Rivulets, 1876. From My Last Years
27From My Last Years (1876).
Printed Copiesloc.04092xxx.00494From My Last Yearsabout 1876poetryhandwritten1 leaf5 x 13.25 cm; Written
paper cut from the bottom of a larger sheet to which has been attached a clipping of the poem, From My
From My Last Years
A.MS. draft.loc.00088xxx.00236Returning to my pages' front oncebetween 1871 and 1876poetryhandwritten1
Returning to my pages' front once
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
Do you ask me what are my own particular dangers and complaints—what is taken that belongs to me—I complain
cm; These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as Come, said my
first published in the New York publication Truth on 19 March 1891 and was later reprinted in Good-Bye My
1Drift Sandsloc.04185xxx.00310[Sands on the Shores of my 64th year]about 1883poetry1 leaf6 x 14 to 20.5
x 16.5 cmhandwritten; Trial titles and notes, including Sands on the Shores of my 64th year.
[Sands on the Shores of my 64th year]
1Drift Sandsloc.04229xxx.00310[Sands on the Shores of my 60th year]about 1879poetry1 leaf6 x 14 to 20.5
x 16.5 cmhandwritten; Trial titles and notes, including Sands on the Shores of my 60th year.
[Sands on the Shores of my 60th year]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[All my emprises]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00268xxx.00263[Thou knowest my]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[Thou knowest my]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00273xxx.00263[My hand, my limbs grow nerveless]about 1874poetrypoetryhandwritten1
[My hand, my limbs grow nerveless]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00277xxx.00263[my end draws]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of lines
[my end draws]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00278xxx.00263[my brain grows rack'd]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft
[my brain grows rack'd]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00281xxx.00263[my altar here the bleak sea-sand]about 1874poetryhandwritten1
[my altar here the bleak sea-sand]
O joy of my spirit uncaged—it hops like a bird on the grass mounds of earth.
O joy of my spirit
The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery
A similar line in that poem reads: "O the joy of my spirit! It is uncaged!
original "Inscription" to the 1867 edition, ultimately appearing under the title "Small the Theme of My
Myself": "Looking in at the shop-windows in Broadway the whole forenoon . . . . pressing the flesh of my
by my children? Are to be they really failures? are they sterile, incompetent yieldings after all?
Are they not indeed to be as victorious shouts from my children?
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
of an unpublished poem entitled The Soul and the Poet, which may be a draft of the poem Come, said my
1war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.00373xxx.00118[Farewell my brethren]about 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten
[Farewell my brethren]
Grass (1891–92), lines from this manuscript appear in both One's-Self I Sing and Small the Theme of My
3yal.00006xxx.00139Sea Captains, Young or Oldabout 1873poetry2 leaveshandwritten; This manuscript is
a signed draft of Sea Captains, Young or Old, which was published first in the New York Daily Graphic
Sea Captains, Young or Old