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It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
122ucb.00014xxx.00812xxx.00814I just spin out my notes[I just spin out my notes]1876–1882prose1 leafhandwritten
[I just spin out my notes]
to my Notes" is written along the top of the page.
Some lines in this manuscript can also be found in [I just spin out my notes], another prose manuscript
A single line from this manuscript, "Only the undulations of my Thought beneath under the Night and Stars—or
.00986My Native Sand and Salt Once MoreJuly 25 '81—Far Rockaway LI1881prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of My
.00004xxx.00319My Canary Birdabout 1888poetryhandwritten1 leaf; This is a manuscript draft of the poem, My
My Canary Bird
17unc.00012xxx.00486Then my mother hastening1883-1888prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains
Then my mother hastening
Whitman used lines from Pictures for the poem My Picture-Gallery, first published in Leaves of Grass
of an unpublished poem entitled The Soul and the Poet, which may be a draft of the poem Come, said my
and I1886 or 1887prose22 leaveshandwritten; A late-stage draft, with printer's notes, of the essay My
My Book and I
brn.00001xxx.00218Whitman, Walt to Hay, JohnO Captain! my Captain!
March 9, 1887poetry1 leafhandwritten; A signed, dated, handwritten copy of "O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! my Captain!
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
the poems in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled A Song for Occupations and Who Learns My
revision, appeared in the eleventh poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled Who Learns My
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
My Spirit sped back to
pass death with the dying, and birth with the new-washed babe . . . . and am not contained between my
however, physical and thematic similarities with And I have discovered them by night and by, above, and My
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
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with 'The Scout', Drops of my
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, Drops of my
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
by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, 'The Scout', and Drops of my
eventually titled Song of Myself: "The boatmen and clamdiggers arose early and stopped for me, / I tucked my
trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time".
and wicked" may relate to the following line, which occurs later in the same poem: "Ever myself and my
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."
The poem is one of the thiry-one poems included in Second Annex--Good-Bye My Fancy, 1891–1892.
It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before
Critic (titled Shakspere for America) on September 27, 1890, and then included in Whitman's Good-Bye My
duk.00698xxx.01022Hannah BrushIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850 and 1880prosehandwritten1
duk.00703xxx.01114Isaac Joseph Stephen JesseIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850
Shakspere for America was later reprinted in The Critic on 27 September 1890, as well as in Good-Bye My
It was later published under the title Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891)
leafhandwritten; This is an unsigned draft of Grand Is the Seen, a poem first published in Good-Bye My
Good-Bye My Fancy was then included as the second annex to the Deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891
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. . .'
Although the poem was unpublished in its entirety, the seventh line was used in the poem To My Soul,
hun.00011xxx.00320HM 11207Queries To My Seventieth YearTo my seventieth year1888poetry1 leafhandwritten
; Heavily revised draft, signed, of Queries to My Seventieth Year, a poem first published in the May
Queries To My Seventieth Year
It was reprinted, without the subtitle, in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and in the Good-By my Fancy annex
Review in November 1890 and later reprinted in the Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890) and in Good-Bye My
ihm.00002xxx.00218O Captain! My Captain!
1889-1890poetry1 leafhandwritten; A manuscript copy of O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
jhu.00001xxx.00218MS. 7O Captain! My Captain!
April 30, 1890poetry1 leafhandwritten; A handwritten version of O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
passage used in a note (entitled "Another Note") to the poem An Ended Day published in 1891 in Good-Bye My
Grier notes that a portion of this notebook (beginning "How spied the captain and sailors") describes
verses in this notebook were published posthumously as [I Stand and Look], Ship of Libertad, and Of My
first published in the New York publication Truth on 19 March 1891 and was later reprinted in Good-Bye My
leaf; A draft entitled This Journey (the manuscript suggests Whitman was also considering the title My
1Drift Sandsloc.04185xxx.00310[Sands on the Shores of my 64th year]about 1883poetry1 leaf6 x 14 to 20.5
x 16.5 cmhandwritten; Trial titles and notes, including Sands on the Shores of my 64th year.
[Sands on the Shores of my 64th year]
1Drift Sandsloc.04229xxx.00310[Sands on the Shores of my 60th year]about 1879poetry1 leaf6 x 14 to 20.5
x 16.5 cmhandwritten; Trial titles and notes, including Sands on the Shores of my 60th year.
[Sands on the Shores of my 60th year]
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]).
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]).