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.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
harness," "traces," "the bit"—may relate to the extended metaphor developed in following lines: "Deluding my
bribed to swap off with touch, and go and graze at the edges of me, / No consideration, no regard for my
draining strength or my anger, / Fetching the rest of the herd around to enjoy them awhile, / Then all
those used in Unnamed Lands, a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.; duk.00003 My
The first several lines of draft were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American in
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."
1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in Who Learns My
revision, appeared in the eleventh poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled Who Learns My
by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, 'The Scout', and Drops of my
Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye My
of Grass, named Lesson Poem in 1856 and finally, beginning with 1871's Passage to India, Who Learns My
On the reverse (nyp.00100) is a fragment related to the poem eventually titled Who Learns My Lesson Complete
the poems in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled A Song for Occupations and Who Learns My
Grass, ultimately titled Song of Myself: "And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with 'The Scout', Drops of my
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
revision Whitman published these verses in the October 30, 1880 issue of The American under the title My
My picture gallery
first several lines of Pictures (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published as My
Compare these lines from that edition: "I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer
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!
leaf7 x 15.5 cm; This manuscript bears some similarity in subject to the poem that became Who Learns My
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
however, physical and thematic similarities with And I have discovered them by night and by, above, and My
188uva.00565xxx.00259Hear my fifeBetween 1850 and 1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf8 x 15 cm; Whitman probably
first several lines of Pictures (not including this line) were eventually revised and published as My
(uva.00260) appeared, in revised form, in the poem eventually titled The Sleepers.; uva.00260 Hear my
. / 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
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my
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
though I lie so sleepy and sluggish, my tap is death" (1855, p. 74).
149uva.00009xxx.00713[My two theses]about 1856poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 16 cm pasted to 10.5 x 16 cm
[My two theses]
188uva.00260xxx.00264The sores on my shouldersBetween 1850 and 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf8 x 15 cm;
on the back of this leaf (uva.00565) relate to the manuscript poem Pictures.; uva.00565 The sores on my
both for magazine publication and for the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass, where it was published as My
My Spirit sped back to
duk.00703xxx.01114Isaac Joseph Stephen JesseIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850
duk.00698xxx.01022Hannah BrushIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850 and 1880prosehandwritten1
.; uva.00601 My hand will not hurt what
I am but in the beginning of life, and my heart has not lost its sympathy with the cheerful and bright