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were off some where— Nothing special with me—After I returned from N Y middle of June, went down to my
trifle ruggeder yet— All here well—I enclose you two letters from Mrs Gilchrist in England, & one from my
I slept in my boat or under it all the time.
The next week after I returned home I wrote up my trip for the magazine, using the health & strength
say about you, with extracts, but I cannot catch you in any mistake, as I wish I could, for that is my
I wish I could also find a slip in Shakspeare Shakespeare , or Tennyson, but I cannot according to my
The baby is doing well & completely fills my heart. Wife is about as usual.
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain
My Captain!"
P Armachalain | the Hindoo Brighton, England Aug. 25, 1879 My dear Sir, your four books, two photos and
I gave one set of the books you sent me to my uncle's widow Lady Cosmara Scotney (a young English lady
Forney asked me to accompany him, and I embraced the opportunity of briefly visiting my brother [Water
Kansas celebration, if I feel as well as now, I shall go out to Denver before I return here to pay my
"Oh, yes; I still write, and this winter shall read my own poems in public and also lecture.
"Oh (smiling), that was my 'Leaves of Grass.'
Yes, I like my present life better—rambling about a little.
"I rode through it to-day with my friend, Senator Armstrong, and went to see my other ancient friend,
I also poid my respects to that most intelligent octogenarian, Mr.
found out the great secret, and I hope to meet their posterity and their friends and followers during my
the cars on the great Plains on the eastern frontiers of Colorado Well Lou Dear, I suppose you got my
in the cars writing this, (have a leaf-table before me to write on) 1 p m flying along, I can p with my
help her—two beautiful little children—she is groaning as I write— Denver Colorado Evening I finish my
indeed fill me best and most, and will longest remain with me, of all the objective shows I see on this, my
Cincinnati and Chicago, and for thirty years, in that wonder, washed by hurried and glittering tides, my
Here in this very Denver, if it might be so, I should like to cast my lot, above all other spots, all
I would be willing to make you an immediate payment of $250.00 on account and will do everything in my
England Oct October 1: 1879 My dear Mr.
I have just received a letter from my friend in which he says: "I enclose you my promised Provençal translation
Do, I beg of you, do me the great favor to present them to him, in my name, when next you see him.
If ever I go to America, I assure you that one of my first visits will be to this most sympathetic of
poets, for whose large & lofty nature my admiration is merged into love ."
2316 Pine street St Louis Oct 11—noon Dear Sister I have been quite unwell, a bad spell with my head,
is passing over apparently, for the present — —Lou I think I would like to have you or George put up my
if the parcel is too big)—please do it soon as convenient—there is brown wrapping-paper & string in my
this—I have written to Hannah and Mary from here—I have just written to the Camden post office to send my
Rocky Mountains—gave out about two weeks ago & have been quite sick ever since (principal trouble with my
Rocky Mountains, three weeks ago, especially the Platte Canon Canyon , I said to myself, 'Here are my
"My idea of one great feature of future American poetry is the expression of comradeship.
couple of thousand miles, and the greatest thing to me in this Western country is the realization of my
How my poems have defined them. I have really had their spirit in every page without knowing.
2316 Pine Street St Louis Oct 27 '79 My dear Mr Harris Thank you for the Magazine & for the newspaper
of "the young men referred to," because I spoke mainly of a class, or rather of a leaven & spirit— —My
My permanent address is 431 Stevens street Camden, New Jersey—shall return there about Nov 15— Walt Whitman
most are blanks —I was at Pike's Peak—I liked Denver City very much—But the most interesting part of my
bridge over the Mississippi river —I often go down to the river, or across this bridge—it is one of my
I often think of you & no doubt you often do of me—God bless you, my darling friend, & however it goes
[London,] Nov. 9 th 79 My dear Walt Whitman For the last two weeks I have been expecting to hear from
Rock Mountains—gave out about two weeks ago & have been quite sick ever since (principal trouble with my
St Louis Missouri (1000 miles west of Philadelphia) Nov 10 '79 My dear friend Just rec'd received your
city, & Colorado generally,—with Kansas and Missouri—wonders, revelations I wouldn't have miss'd for my
soon be well enough to return home to Camden— I enclose a rude map which will show you the line of my
jaunt—the red lines are of my present trip, while the blue lines are of former journeys of mine, may
long—(my sickness has prevented hitherto what I designed to write) —My sister, brother & nieces all
November 23 Dear friend I am still here—not yet (as an old Long Island aunt used to say) "not yet out of my
Villas Elm Road Heath street Hampstead London Eng: England The rough map enclosed gives you some idea of my
a late London Fortnightly in which J A Symonds, touching briefly but very commendingly & mentioning my
Philosophy , has been often to see me, has been very kind, & I like him much—Probably ten days more will end my
wanted to visit, in his own words, "this most sympathetic of poets, for whose large & lofty nature my
My Dearest Friend: You could not easily realize the strong emotion with which I read your last note and
I have my dear little grandson with me here—as engaging a little toddler as the sun ever shone upon—so
wish I could write to some of them, but what with needlework, an avalanche of letters, the care of my
dear little man—the re-editing of my husband's life of Blake, to which there will be a considerable
Per. & my nephew & the "Process" have made a great stride forward.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
mind for some clew as to who I was, but I hardly think he placed me, though I told him the names of my
Whittier was standing by him & hearing my name, said to Emerson, "oh!
—I am making trips to N.Y. now adays nowadays to be treated for my arm & hand.
He cauterizes my back & arm with a red hot piece of platinum.
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My