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I have the shackles on my shoulders still.—but I have no wings.
If you care to know who it is that writes this my name is Abraham Stoker (Junior).
My friends call me Bram. I live at no 43 Harcourt St Dublin.
I am ugly but strong and determined and have a large bump over my eyebrows.
I say it to my own shame but not to my regret for it has taught me a lesson to last my life out—without
editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My
Dear Friend I was to tell you about my acquaintanceship with Tennyson, which was a pleasant episode in
my life at Haslemere Hearing of the extreme beauty of the scenery thereabouts & specially of its comparative
It is pleasant to see T. with children—little girls at least—he does not take to boys—but one of my girls
nor understand the full meaning of your own words—"whoso touches this, touches a man" —"I have put my
My love, flowing ever fresh & fresh out of my heart, will go with you in all your wanderings, dear Friend
Novr. 12, 1872 My dearest Friend, I must write not because I have anything to tell you—but because I
impulses of thought & emotion that would shape themselves melodiously out of that for the new volume— My
Percy my eldest, whom I have not seen for a year is coming to spend Xmas with us— Good bye dearest Friend
July 14/72 The 3d July was my rejoicing day, dearest Friend,—the day the packet from America reached
I speak out of my own experience when I say that no Myth, no "miracle" embodying the notion of a direct
of the heart suddenly grow adequate to such new work—O the passionate tender gratitude that flooded my
breast, the yearning that seemed to strain the heart beyond endurance that I might repay with all my
to be so, now: that for me too love & death are folded inseparably together: Death that will renew my
"Democratic Souvenirs" (later "My Legacy") was included in Whitman's "Songs of Parting," which contained
NW, Jan 24/72 Dear Friend, I send you photographs of my eldest and youngest children I wish I had some
against a terrible sense of inward prostration, so it has not my natural expression, but I think you
And see my faults flaws shortcomings too dear Friend.
My Husband was taken from us too young to be able to have made any provision for his children.
I have a little of my own—about £80 a year: & for the rest depend upon my Mother whose only living child
I will not write any more such letters; or, if I write them because my heart is so full it cannot bear
must choose their our own time & mode—but for the simplest current details—for any thing that helps my
And if you say, "Read my books, & be content—you have me in them"—I say, it is because I read them so
my children to be shaped modified vitalized by & through these—outwardly & inwardly.
Good bye my dearest friend. Anne Gilchrist Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 3 June 1872
included in any subsequent editions of Leaves of Grass, Whitman did include it in the 1891 volume Good-Bye My
My dear Mr.
As far as my own opinion goes, I would say that there is a certainty of success, a sufficient success
I need not say that if you would come to our house in Dublin my wife & I would be made abundantly happy
Each I assure you has been valued, (though my thanks are tardy); & your letter has been read or heard
My address is as before 50, Wellington Road, Dublin.
Dear Sir: I received your letter of the 11 inst. instant to-day and take pleasure to enclose herewith my
because the word used does not suit me, but neither in my head nor in my dictionary was I able to find
English edition of your works—verbatim, without any retrenchments; and I have gone so far as to offer my
But yet I must exchange my token for yours—brazen for golden gifts, as the Greek poet said.
The misfortune of my poem is that it presupposes much knowledge of antiquity—as for instance that this
This is my permanent address.
I live here in a large old house wh. belonged to my father—a house on a hill among trees looking down
Yet I felt that if you liked my poem you would write.
In these I trust the spirit of the Past is faithfully set forth as far as my abilities allow.
The little girl in one of them is my youngest child.
will get the money to morrow) i am pretty smart i am troubled at times with a dissiness dizziness in my
get 8 dollar per day but its put the house question down i have got a letter from han i told you in my
box was sent i would let her know so the day before the box went i got lou to write a few lines as my
her out a great deal and it improves her much Jessie is not behind her they both study hard and it is my
Permit me to assure that such a motive was foreign to my mind.
My object in calling upon you was simply that of friendly interest which I had been encouraged to think
If my presence was an intrusion pray pardon it: but do not I beseech you attribute to presumption or
Your books and portraits have in the last month circulated amongst the ladies of my acquaintance, for
Never had I thought in my days (during life-time) to get a spirit (or ghost, none of the expressions
signify exactly our stand) for my help—from America.
I thank him and thee from my full heart.
At present you will understand my meaning! Good by.
Clausen, who Rudolf Schmidt called "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your kind letter of 2 Feb, which has been in my hands for some days
Of course my letter has gone to Washington.
I am closing in these days my article on you—.
That the papers are in my hands you probably are informed of at present.
I am at present composing my article; in the of March it shall be in your hands.
Democratic Vistas" to the Professor Rasmus Nielsen, one great Scandinavian philosopher and according to my
It was in my hands two days before the beginning of the new year.
This unexpected delay makes me very sorry; my mind is full of your poems, but naturally I won't beginn
begin to write before having in my hands as complete materials as possibly possible .
Clausen, who Rudolf Schmidt called "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he
agrees with her— We have had this horse disease here —but not as bad as you have had it East I guess—my
Louis, Oct 5th 1872 My dear Mother Mattie has returned from St.
As soon as the places heal up a little I hope she will be comfortable—yet my dear Mother it is no use
tell you that for the first time she cannot restrain groaning—I do not know whether the Dr will like my
My own horse is sick but not very bad—yet bad enough to make me feel mighty sorry for him—I hav'nt had
The first of her letters closes in an unusually intimate way: "it is my bed hour.
have any trouble—she would take a car in Philadelphia that comes to within abt a mile and a half of my
captain!
Leave you not the little spot Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
O captain, my captain, rise up and hear the bells; Rise up, for you the flag is flung, for you the bugle
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm—he has no pulse
But I, with silent tread Walk the spot my captain lies We have quoted enough, we think, even in these
My dear Mr.
I send you, by same mail with this, in a little book, my piece lately delivered for Dartmouth College
With best respects & love, Walt Whitman My address continues the same, Solicitor's Office Treasury, Washington
University of Virginia, who is preparing an edition of Tennyson's letters, has graciously consented to my
My Dear Mr.
Then I should like to give my explanations and comments of America and her shows, affairs, persons, doings
I send you by same mail with this, a more neatly printed copy of my "Leaves"; also "Dem. Vistas."
My address is: Solicitor's Office, Treasury, Washington, D. C., United States.
Write soon, my friend. Don't forget the picture. Walt Whitman.
The postmark reads: Yarmouth | B | My 23 | (?) 2 | (?)
My dear friend , Your letter is rec'd received , having been sent on to me from Washington.
My address still remains Solicitor's office, Treasury there.
I have been stopping for two months, (Feb. & March,) home with my Mother , & am writing this home.
finely, & is cheerful hearted—will probably soon give up her housekeeping & go to live with one of my
brothers, who is married —My father died seventeen years since.
On April 12, 1872, Gilchrist objected to this warning: "it hurts so, as seeming to distrust my love.
that sooner or later you will not be able to help stretching out your arms towards me & saying 'Come, my
be satisfied with a gossipy letter about his affairs, she really wanted more: "And if you say 'Read my
Dear friend, I send by same mail with this, my latest piece, copied in a newspaper —& will write you
I suppose you duly received my former letters (two)—I ought to have written something about your children
in your letter of last summer, July 23d, which I have just been reading again)—Dear boys & girls—how my
I am still living here in employment in a Government office—My health is good—Life is rather sluggish
Rossetti quite a long letter —My present address is Solicitor's Office, Treasury, Washington, D. C.
suppose the weather—& Nelly, half-sick, & Jennie about the same (but she will soon spring up)—aroused my
My sister Martha at St.
months ago —she has since no trouble with the cancer, (or supposed cancer)—Jeff & the children well—My
I am still here at Washington—every thing much the same in my condition as when you made your brief visit
here.— I continue well in health & good spirits—& as usual spend much more of my leisure in the open
I am very soon going on to New York to bring out a new edition of my poems—same as the copy you have,
—shall remain there until about 7 th of April—(my address there will be, 107 north Portland av.
I shall mail to you in a few days my latest piece, in a magazine.
I wish each to be told my remembrance (or to see this letter if convenient).
positions & ideas in your Westminster article—and radiating from the central point of assumption of my
I would say that (as you of course see) the spine or verteber principle of my book is a model or ideal
(And I want my friends, indeed, when writing for publication about my poetry, to present its gay-heartedness
And now, my dear friend, I must close.
train from here—shall get to Camden by or before 8—I am well as usual—nothing new— I have sent George my
My dear Mr. Curtis, Thanks for your kind contribution & note.
My dear Mr.
With regard to re-printing my book in full in England I can only say that of course it would be gratifying
copyright might be legalized here—If so, this might be worth considering in reference to the reprint of my
February or March, I am not certain which, I understand it has a criticism on my book, from a believer
My address is Solicitor's Office, Treasury, Washington, D. C.—U.S.A.
My dear Burritt: This article " Walt Whitman in Europe " set close, would make about two-thirds of a
My dear Mr. McGuire, The money you gave me for Mr.
Washington Jan. 29, 1872 My Dear Redfield, The $25 you sent me last week duly arrived, for which please
accept this Receipt, & my thanks.
firm was in bankruptcy, Redfield noted that the balance due Whitman ($63.45) "will have to go in with my
I think my estate will pay 50 cents on the dollar: hope so at any rate."
I wish to forward you a copy of my book—as I shall presently bring out a new edition.
1871 that his poem "is of course implicit already in your Calamus, especially in 'Scented herbage of my
We have had cold & spiteful weather all the time of my visit here—over a month—& I have not had my usual
finds any difficulty—but I guess not—I guess he is getting along well—Is there any thing new among my
I have got out my new edition, from same plates as the last, only all bound in One Vol.
done in green cloth, vellum—looks the best & most ship-shape of any edition yet—have not added any of my
I am home here in Brooklyn, having the usual sort of a time—Mother is only middling this summer—My brother
leave without pay—I want to come home for a while, both to be home, & to see about the new edition of my
I am wearing my overcoat—You see, mother, I am likely to prove a true prophet about Greeley —He is not
John Burroughs to–day— Mother dear, as soon as I hear from you, I will write more particular about my
Mother, I shall probably send the order in my next.
come home, (if nothing happens more than at present known) and stay two months, & then return here to my
Saturday though I have little or nothing to write about—I am sitting here alone in the office, writing by my
I shall print my College Poem in a small book—it will be small—& is intended as the beginning of a larger
for me—I am writing this in the house in Portland av—we are having a showery afternoon— —Good bye, my
— I expect to return in about two weeks—I am writing this here in the kitchen home,—I have deserted my
cakes for breakfast—sometimes I fry them myself—I wish you could just be here & eat breakfast—I think my
mammy makes the best coffee in the world, & buckwheats ditto—mince-pies ditto— —My new edition looks
the best yet—it is from the same plates as the last, only in One Vol. bound handsomely in green cloth—my
books sent to England by to-morrow's steamer—Dear son, I send my best love, as always.
the pipes through the house, & burst them yesterday, causing great trouble—I too have got a bad cold, my
three hours during the day)— I will only write this very short letter to you this time, but send you my
love, my darling son—I think about you every day dear son—will write more, soon—here is a kiss for you
letter to you this time—I feel pretty well, but don't seem to feel like writing—Good bye for to-day, my