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of an unpublished poem entitled The Soul and the Poet, which may be a draft of the poem Come, said my
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with 'The Scout', Drops of my
reciting (published as Old Chants in 1891), Grand is the seen (first published in 1891), Death dogs my
Whitman retitled the poem To My Soul when it was first published, in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass
leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains part of an autobiographical sketch on the composition of Good-bye My
In the 1888 November Boughs, however, Whitman reprinted the 1867 version as Small the Theme of my Chant
manuscript draft may have been written before the Civil War, since it does not include the 1867 line "My
Section 2 of the Calamus group was permanently retitled Scented Herbage of my Breast in 1867.
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
A single line from this manuscript, "Only the undulations of my Thought beneath under the Night and Stars—or
s Purport (only two lines of the twelve-line poem of the same title first published in 1891), My task
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
first published in the New York publication Truth on 19 March 1891 and was later reprinted in Good-Bye My
50-51uva.00246xxx.00072[Was it I who walked the]Scented Herbage of My Breast1857-1859poetryhandwritten1
who walked the / earth..." were not used in Calamus, but the five lines beginning "Scented herbage of my
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!
Shakspere for America was later reprinted in The Critic on 27 September 1890, as well as in Good-Bye My
In 1860 the first set, with the addition of a new first line ("Here my last words, and the most baffling
leaf7 x 15.5 cm; This manuscript bears some similarity in subject to the poem that became Who Learns My
for a set of Whitmans's books: "Dear Sir, I shall be glad to supply you with a set (Two Volumes) of my
lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second page ("Do you suppose you can easily/ be my
poem was revised to form section 32 of Calamus in 1860, and in 1867 was retitled What Think You I Take My
Also included in this manuscript is a draft of That Shadow My Likeness, first published in New-York Saturday
This poem later appeared as Calamus No. 40, Leaves of Grass (1860); as That Shadow My Likeness, Leaves
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
pass death with the dying, and birth with the new-washed babe . . . . and am not contained between my
Whitman originally included the poem in his 1891 manuscript for the Good-Bye My Fancy annex to Leaves
included are: As the Time Draws Nigh, Ashes of Soldiers, Years of the Modern, Thoughts, Song at Sunset, My
bv6tex.00067xxx.00380Good-bye My Fancy: Sail out for Good, Eidólon YachtSail out for good, Eidólon yacht1890poetry1
It was reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).
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
It was later published under the title Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891)
which it underwent various changes in content, title, and position until being joined with Now List to 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
It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before
White noted a relationship between these pages and the poems Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
. / 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
gossiping in the candle light" that resonates with the beginning of the second paragraph of the article My
The entry which begins, "I find this in my notes" (see images 35, 36, and 38) was revised and used in
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00273xxx.00263[My hand, my limbs grow nerveless]about 1874poetrypoetryhandwritten1
[My hand, my limbs grow nerveless]
26Come, said my Soul… Proof with signature.loc.00183xxx.00596Come, Said My Soul1881poetryhandwritten1
On verso reads "Copyright 1881, By Walt Whitman, All rights reserved" Come, Said My Soul
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. . .'
Whitman writes about this in the passage Paumanok, and My Life on It as a Child and a Young Man, published
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
122ucb.00014xxx.00812xxx.00814I just spin out my notes[I just spin out my notes]1876–1882prose1 leafhandwritten
[I just spin out my notes]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00287xxx.00263[All my emprises]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[All my emprises]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00268xxx.00263[Thou knowest my]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[Thou knowest my]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00277xxx.00263[my end draws]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of lines
[my end draws]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00278xxx.00263[my brain grows rack'd]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft
[my brain grows rack'd]