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The Johns Hopkins University holds one Whitman poetry manuscript (a handwritten version of O Captain!
My Captain!)
It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[All my emprises]
. / I intend to reach them my hand and make as much of them as I do of men and women" (1855, p. 64).
See in particular the lines: "The supernatural of no account . . . . myself waiting my time to be one
29Queries to My 70th Year (1888).
The lines were revised and published as Queries to My Seventieth Year in 1888. [Here fretful]
included are: As the Time Draws Nigh, Ashes of Soldiers, Years of the Modern, Thoughts, Song at Sunset, My
reprinted as Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings in the February 28, 1891 issue of The Critic, in Good-Bye My
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
This manuscript contributed to American's Bulk Average, which first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891
Glance O'er Travel'd Roads first appeared in Lippincott's Magazine (January 1887), under the title My
Reprinted in Democratic Vistas, and Other Papers (1888), My Book and I was also combined with How I Made
a Book, Philadelphia Press (11 July 1889) and A Backward Glance on My Own Road, Critic (5 January 1884
371886, Apr. 15, "Abraham Lincoln"loc.01762xxx.00531[The subject or text of my]1879–1887prose1 leafhandwrittenprinted
[The subject or text of my]
though I lie so sleepy and sluggish, my tap is death" (1855, p. 74).
White noted a relationship between these pages and the poems Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
Poem in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My
The lines "I am too great to be a mere President or Major General / I remain with my fellows—with mechanics
fool and the wise thinker" may be related to a similar phrase in the poem eventually titled Who Learns My
loc.04741xxx.00946In writing my history of Brooklynabout 1862prose1 leafhandwritten; Brief note regarding
In writing my history of Brooklyn
loc.04657xxx.00948[To-day completes my three-score-and]1889prosepoetry1 leafprintedhandwritten; Printer's
[To-day completes my three-score-and]
which was first published in the August 16, 1890 issue of the Critic and later reprinted in Good-Bye My
leafhandwritten; Manuscript notes, heavily revised, apparently for the preface to Whitman's 1891 volume Good-Bye My
.00096xxx.00661My Own Poemsundatedpoetryhandwritten1 leaf25.5 x 12.5 cm; Rough draft of a poem entitled My
This draft was published posthumously as My Own Poems. My Own Poems
cm; These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as Come, said my
It was publised with the revised title in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). Interpolation Sounds
red1888poetryhandwrittenprinted1 leaf; Handwritten notes and corrections on a printed copy of the poem O Captain
My Captain!
Also included in this manuscript is a draft of That Shadow My Likeness, first published in New-York Saturday
This poem later appeared as Calamus No. 40, Leaves of Grass (1860); as That Shadow My Likeness, Leaves
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!
Compare these lines from that edition: "I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer
Grass, ultimately titled Song of Myself: "And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my
Richard Maurice Bucke, one of his literary executorsI have found my authority hereabout 1879prose1 leafhandwritten
I have found my authority here
Poet.1870-1874poetry1 leafhandwritten; Annotated draft of the untitled poem that begins Come, said my
It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy in 1891, with the additional note: "General Sheridan was buried
The Pallid Wreath, which was published in the Critic 18 (10 January 1891) and reprinted in Good-Bye My
before being collected in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). [Then Another and very grave point]
My own visits and distributions
leafhandwritten; This manuscript bears some similarity in subject to the poem that became Who Learns My
leafhandwritten; This manuscript bears some similarity in subject to the poem that became Who Learns My
1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in Who Learns My
On the reverse (nyp.00100) is a fragment related to the poem eventually titled Who Learns My Lesson Complete
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
Echoes cluster, first published in Lippincott's Magazine 47 (March 1891) and then reprinted in Good-bye My
The writing on the verso (not in Whitman's hand) makes reference to Good-Bye My Fancy and to Sounds of
the verso (not in Whitman's hand) makes reference to the title of this poem, as well as to Good-Bye My
The poem was retitled To the Pending Year for its inclusion in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) Have I no word
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
first several lines of that poem (not including the line in question) were revised and published as My
of the lines only to reintroduce them in Sands at Seventy (1888), under the title Small the Theme of My
Both One's-self I Sing and Small the Theme of My Chant appeared in the 1891-92 edition of Leaves of Grass
of the lines only to reintroduce them in Sands at Seventy (1888), under the title Small the Theme of My
Both One's-self I Sing and Small the Theme of My Chant appeared in the 1892 edition of Leaves of Grass
of the lines only to reintroduce them in Sands at Seventy (1888), under the title Small the Theme of My
Both One's-self I Sing and Small the Theme of My Chant appeared in the 1892 edition of Leaves of Grass
The essay was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) before finally being collected in Complete Prose
This is a draft of the essay Whitman later published as American National Literature in Good-Bye My Fancy
pml.00002xxx.00218MA 1212O Captain! My Captain!27 April 1890poetryhandwritten1 leaf; O Captain!
My Captain!
Mitchell's hand says, "To give Walt a little money I offered for a gentleman 100$ for an autograph copy of My
Captain—I pin it to Furness note April 1890."
O Captain! My Captain!
Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye My
pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which
[Returned from my four months]
1891prose1 leafhandwritten; Draft fragment of American National Literature, first published in Good-Bye My