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A.MS. draft.loc.00248xxx.00236[(Returning to my pages front once]between 1873-1876poetryhandwritten1
[(Returning to my pages front once]
which was first published in the August 16, 1890 issue of the Critic and later reprinted in Good-Bye My
leafhandwritten; A scrap of Civil War memoranda headed "51st N Y V" in which Whitman mentions the death of Captain
It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
On the reverse (nyp.00100) is a fragment related to the poem eventually titled Who Learns My Lesson Complete
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[All my emprises]
first published in the New York publication Truth on 19 March 1891 and was later reprinted in Good-Bye My
Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye My
however, physical and thematic similarities with And I have discovered them by night and by, above, and My
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with 'The Scout', Drops of my
included in any subsequent editions of Leaves of Grass, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
leaf7 x 15.5 cm; 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
It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892).
reinforce the truthfulness of Pierson's stories about the "koboo," Whitman mentions the fact that Captain
Captain Walter M.
the recto are prefatory in nature and reflect the spirit of the preface to Whitman's 1891 Good-Bye My
the mullein and the bumble-bee" is on page 36 of the section entitled Gathering the Corn of Good-Bye My
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
gossiping in the candle light" that resonates with the beginning of the second paragraph of the article My
The Johns Hopkins University holds one Whitman poetry manuscript (a handwritten version of O Captain!
My Captain!)
50-51uva.00023xxx.00085City of my walks and joyslate 1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to
City of my walks and joys
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
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. . .'
O'Connor, pub'd posthumously in 1891, which appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), and in William Douglas
, and My Picture-Gallery, are 14 words of notations in Whitman's hand.
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
Whitman originally included the poem in his 1891 manuscript for the Good-Bye My Fancy annex to Leaves
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]).
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).
duk.00277xxx.00084MS q 29Drops of my Bloodabout 1860poetry1 leafhandwritten; A manuscript that contains
a backing sheet, together with And there, 'The Scout', and In a poem make the.; duk.00890 Drops of my
brown-black ink, with revisions in lighter ink (including the deletion, undone in 1860, of the phrase "My
My Likeness! [Earth]
Grass, ultimately titled Song of Myself: "And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my
for a set of Whitmans's books: "Dear Sir, I shall be glad to supply you with a set (Two Volumes) of my
1war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.00373xxx.00118[Farewell my brethren]about 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten
[Farewell my brethren]
The essay was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) before finally being collected in Complete Prose
A single line from this manuscript, "Only the undulations of my Thought beneath under the Night and Stars—or
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
leaveshandwritten; Lightly revised printer's copy of For Queen Victoria's Birthday, which was published in Good-Bye My
Whitman later included this poem in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). For Queen Victoria's Birthday
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
South"—which was first published in theMay, 1890 Century and then included in the second annex Good-Bye My
General Philip Henry Sheridan's death (on August 5), and later as Interpolation Sounds in Good-Bye My
published in Have We a National Literature, (North American Review, 152, March 1891), and in Good-bye My
On the verso is a note in Whitman's hand reading "to my 2d & last Annex for L of G."
Poet.1870-1874poetry1 leafhandwritten; Annotated draft of the untitled poem that begins Come, said my
It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before
OV 2Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), Manuscript draftloc.05454xxx.00459Good-Bye My Fancyabout 1891poetryhandwrittentypedprinted78
78 pages of text numbered by Whitman, and is housed along with other materials related to Good-Bye My
, Lingering Last Drops, Good-bye My Fancy, On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!
s Purport (which includes three poems originally composed separately, My task, Death dogs my steps, and
Good-Bye My Fancy
OV 2Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), Manuscript draftloc.05452xxx.00459Good-Bye My Fancyabout 1891poetryprosehandwrittenprintedabout
10 leaves; Manuscript and corrected print material that was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).
Good-Bye My Fancy
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