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to an "Elder Brother" is reminescent of lines "And I know that the hand of God is the elderhand of my
own, / And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my own."
Travel'd Roads was mostly made up of material from three previously published pieces: A Backward Glance on My
Own Road (1884), How I Made a Book (1886), and My Book and I (1887).
.00986My Native Sand and Salt Once MoreJuly 25 '81—Far Rockaway LI1881prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of My
Retitled To the Pending Year, the poem appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy in 1891. To the year 1889
1891prose1 leafhandwritten; Draft fragment of American National Literature, first published in Good-Bye My
.00004xxx.00319My Canary Birdabout 1888poetryhandwritten1 leaf; This is a manuscript draft of the poem, My
My Canary Bird
The poem first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy in 1891.
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, Drops of my
Whitman later included this poem in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). For Queen Victoria's Birthday
29Queries to My 70th Year (1888).
The lines were revised and published as Queries to My Seventieth Year in 1888. [Here fretful]
O'Connor, pub'd posthumously in 1891, which appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), and in William Douglas
appeared uncorrected in the 5 January 1884 issue of the Critic with the title, A Backward Glance on My
combined with two other pieces of journalism (How I Made a Book, Philadelphia Press, 11 July 1886; My
Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads was drawn from three previously published pieces (A Backward Glance on My
Own Road [1884], How I Made a Book [1886], and My Book and I [1887]).
Travel'd Roads was mostly made up of material from three previously published pieces: A Backward Glance on My
Own Road (1884), How I Made a Book (1886), and My Book and I (1887).
Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads was drawn from three previously published pieces (A Backward Glance on My
Own Road [1884], How I Made a Book [1886], and My Book and I [1887]).
It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) under the title Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher.
leaf; A draft entitled This Journey (the manuscript suggests Whitman was also considering the title My
It was publised with the revised title in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). Interpolation Sounds
The Pallid Wreath, which was published in the Critic 18 (10 January 1891) and reprinted in Good-Bye My
The poem is one of the thiry-one poems included in Second Annex--Good-Bye My Fancy, 1891–1892.
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
Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads was drawn from three previously published pieces (A Backward Glance on My
Own Road [1884], How I Made a Book [1886], and My Book and I [1887]).
in his "Second Annex," titled Good-Bye My Fancy, to the 1891 edition of Leaves of Grass.
The pencil note "Sail Out for good, Eidólon Yacht / Good Bye My Fancy / Page 7" appears in the lower
published in Have We a National Literature, (North American Review, 152, March 1891), and in Good-bye My
It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) under the title Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher.
Although the poem was unpublished in its entirety, the seventh line was used in the poem To My Soul,
This was revised to become section 40 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 it was retitled That Shadow, My Likeness
Whitman included this preface in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) as Preface to a volume of essays and tales
before being collected in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). [Then Another and very grave point]
OV 2Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), Manuscript draftloc.05458xxx.00459Good-Bye My Fancy1891poetryprintedhandwritten14
leaves; Manuscript and corrected print material that was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
Good-Bye My Fancy
treatise on the theory behind Leaves of Grass, which includes a plug for Whitman's latest work, Good-Bye My
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
Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads was drawn from three previously published pieces (A Backward Glance on My
Own Road [1884], How I Made a Book [1886], and My Book and I [1887]).
Whitman used lines from Pictures for the poem My Picture-Gallery, first published in Leaves of Grass
and I1886 or 1887prose22 leaveshandwritten; A late-stage draft, with printer's notes, of the essay My
My Book and I
hun.00011xxx.00320HM 11207Queries To My Seventieth YearTo my seventieth year1888poetry1 leafhandwritten
; Heavily revised draft, signed, of Queries to My Seventieth Year, a poem first published in the May
Queries To My Seventieth Year
Poet.1870-1874poetry1 leafhandwritten; Annotated draft of the untitled poem that begins Come, said my
1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in Who Learns My
Review in November 1890 and later reprinted in the Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890) and in Good-Bye My
27O Earth, My Likeness (1860).
A.MS. draft.loc.00225xxx.00099[O Earth, my likeness]1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf20.5 x 16 cm; A draft
of the poem first published as Calamus, No. 36 in 1860 (Earth, My Likeness in the final version of Leaves
[O Earth, my likeness]
General Philip Henry Sheridan's death (on August 5), and later as Interpolation Sounds in Good-Bye My
Man's Rejoinder, first published in the Critic 17 (16 August 1890) before being reprinted in Good-Bye My
which was first published in the August 16, 1890 issue of the Critic and later reprinted in Good-Bye My
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
leaveshandwritten; Lightly revised printer's copy of For Queen Victoria's Birthday, which was published in Good-Bye My
26Death Dogs My Steps (1890).
A.MS. draft.loc.00120xxx.00406Death Dogs My Stepsabout March 3, 1890poetryhandwritten1 leaf12 x 19 cm
; Draft of Death Dogs My Steps written in ink on the inside of a discarded and opened out envelope, addressed
Death Dogs My Steps
Grass (1891–92), lines from this manuscript appear in both One's-Self I Sing and Small the Theme of My
the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("Publish my
name and hang up/ my picture...") to lines 4-11.
The essay was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) before finally being collected in Complete Prose
revision, appeared in the eleventh poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled Who Learns My