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to direct you to take the same course in regard to the Fenian arms at Rouse's Point, as indicated in my
over waves, towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations, look afar, Look off the shores of my
Then separate, as disembodied, or another born, Ethereal, the last athletic reality, my consolation;
I ascend—I float in the regions of your love, O man, O sharer of my roving life.
I walk'd the shores of my Eastern Sea, Heard over the waves the little voice, Saw the divine infant,
I maintain the be- queath bequeath'd cause, as for all lands, And I send these words to Paris with my
Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Aug 13 186 7 My dear Sir: I send the
Galaxy Office Oct 15 /67 My dear Sir: I am pleased to hear that your article will be ready by the 21st—a
Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Oct. 21 186 7 My dear Sir: Your ms
Published Monthly OFFICE OF THE GALAXY No. 39 Park Row, New York , Sept 4 186 7 My dear Sir: I spoke
No. 39 PARK ROW, New York, Aug 8 186 7 My dear Sir: I was very much gratified to receive your fine Harvest
I were nothing; From what I am determin'd to make illustrious, even if I stand sole among men; From my
The oath of the inseparableness of two together—of the woman that loves me, and whom I love more than my
warp and from the woof; (To talk to the perfect girl who understands me, To waft to her these from my
own lips—to effuse them from my own body;) From privacy—from frequent repinings alone; From plenty of
the right person not near; From the soft sliding of hands over me, and thrusting of fingers through my
you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible; Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
of the Metropolitan Police, No. 300 Mulberry Street, N EW Y ORK, Dec 6th, 186 7 Friend Wat Walt At my
I could tell you a long story of my actions, for the relief and assistance of our Soldiers and their
world, a rural domestic life; Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev'd, recluse by myself, for my
excitement, and rack'd by the war-strife;) These to procure, incessantly asking, rising in cries from my
heart, While yet incessantly asking, still I adhere to my city; Day upon day, and year upon year, O
enrich'd of soul—you give me forever faces; (O I see what I sought to escape, confronting, reversing my
cries; I see my own soul trampling down what it ask'd for.) 2 Keep your splendid silent sun; Keep your
I am de- termin determin'd to press my way toward you; Sound your voice!
18 City Hall Octo. 3d '67 My dear Walt, I have this moment clipped the enclosed paragraphs about Garibaldi
He is not a great captain; as a tactician he is no better than JEANNE D'ARC, but like her he has a familiar
ALEXANDER DUMAS to write my memoirs from.
compensation allowed to counsel upon employment by this office, I feel that I am scarcely warranted in giving my
the suggestion that you reduce it to the sum I have indicated, which, being done, I will promptly add my
Sir: A few days since I gave to the Secretary of the Interior my opinion in favor of the payment of your
No report has, within my knowledge, been made to you from this office, in relation to any violations
That he acted at the instance of the United States, however, is sufficient to authorize my consent to
As a claim against the United States, it is clearly without my official province, & I must therefore
My dear Madam: I have received your letter of the 9th instant, and in reply beg to say that if you will
Sir: In accordance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of my letter of January
Hartwell, was yesterday advanced by the Supreme Court, on my motion, and that the second Monday in January
I should be glad to know whether you are aware of any objections to my complying with the request of
making Appropriations for the current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Bureau," by which it is made my
examination and to state that what proceedings, &c. relative to said stocks and investments, are in my
On the third point of inquiry, in my opinion, the various law officers now attached to the other Departments
me of the 1st November 1867,— whereupon the whole matter was treated as having been withdrawn from my
consideration, and all the papers relating to it, were, with my letter of 5th Nov. 1867, transmitted
Ohio, enclosing a copy of Governor Tod's letter to you, I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of my
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit my opinion as to the proper course to be taken in reference
Tapara, which you have brought to my notice since that opinion was prepared, does not seem to me to authorize
This preliminary action was made necessary by my imperfect knowledge of the circumstances.
and other imaginary trobles troubles , or as I once heard a young Baptist deacon Say—"I won't have my
my dear friend, there is no investment that will pay like this. Do you See it?
In looking over if find I have rather neglected female young America in my Asylum remarks; Altho' she
HERE the frailest leaves of me, and yet my strongest- lasting strongest-lasting : Here I shade down and
hide my thoughts—I do not expose them, And yet they expose me more than all my other poems.
My Dear Walt: You have, I believe, in your hands certain charges against Judge Kelly of Idaho.
His friends are my friends, and while I do not know much of him personally, I nevertheless know his accuser
I congratulate you, my dear fellow, on the great appreciation which reaches across the greatwater to
My Dear Walt— I got your pleasant letter, and thank you for the attention you paid my note through Mr
I feared over aggressiveness (perhaps my mulishness) on the 20 percent and other mooted questions had
much with a "Compound Fracture" of the leg and after laying months and months had it amputated at last My
take great pleasure in writing to you again, and in giving you some of the particular in regard to my
health, limb situation, &c My health at present is very good—better than at any time since I left the
troubled me of any account have worn my artificial nearly all the time since the winter of –'64.
dist) threw me out of my position as doortender.
my not writing let them lay it to my inabilities instead of my inclination Waiting to hear from you
glance upward out of this page, studying you, dear friend, whoever you are;) How solemn the thought of my
ONE breath, O my silent soul, A perfum'd thought—no more I ask, for the sake of all dead soldiers.
Buglers off in my armies!
At present I ask not you to sound; Not at the head of my cavalry, all on their spirited horses, With
Invisible to the rest, henceforth become my compan- ions companions ; Follow me ever!
Perfume therefore my chant, O love! immortal Love!
Italian tenor, singing at the opera—I heard the soprano in the midst of the quartet singing; …Heart of my
—you too I heard, murmuring low, through one of the wrists around my head; Heard the pulse of you, when
all was still, ringing little bells last night under my ear.
leaves upon it, and twined around it a little moss, And brought it away—and I have placed it in sight in my
room; It is not needed to remind me as of my own dear friends, (For I believe lately I think of little
beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough, To pass among them, or touch any one, or rest my
As I see my soul reflected in nature; As I see through a mist, one with inexpressible com- pleteness
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot con- ceal conceal themselves. 9 O my Body!
likes of the Soul, (and that they are the Soul;) I believe the likes of you shall stand or fall with my
instep, foot-ball, toes, toe-joints, the heel; All attitudes, all the shapeliness, all the belongings of my
hitherto publish'd—from the pleasures, profits, conformities, Which too long I was offering to feed my
Soul; Clear to me, now, standards not yet publish'd—clear to me that my Soul, That the Soul of the man
substantial life, Bequeathing, hence, types of athletic love, Afternoon, this delicious Ninth-month, in my
first forty-first year, I proceed, for all who are, or have been, young men, To tell the secret of my
My Days I sing, and the Lands—with interstice I knew of hapless War.
original "Inscription" to the 1867 edition, ultimately appearing under the title "Small the Theme of My
have satisfied myself that no copy was delivered here—had such been the case it would have come under my
notice—I therefore sent your order to Mr Gray and have received from him a copy for which you have my
Rider, and that in my opinion, no public object now exists which could be promoted by the proposed attempt
Y., sought to be acquired for Customs' purposes; and to state that, in my opinion, the proposed conveyance
A happy New Year, my dear friend!—And here is a lot of luck for your new vol. of "Leaves."
My Dear Friend, W.H.
Piper , using my name.
My love to the O'Connors.
1870, letter to Trowbridge, Whitman announced that he had "engaged in electrotyping a new edition of my
year or more ago of some Boston publisher, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my
See John Townsend Trowbridge, My Own Story (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 265–67.