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17unc.00012xxx.00486Then my mother hastening1883-1888prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains
Then my mother hastening
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00281xxx.00263[my altar here the bleak sea-sand]about 1874poetryhandwritten1
[my altar here the bleak sea-sand]
1war and hospital notes and memorandaloc.00373xxx.00118[Farewell my brethren]about 1873poetry1 leafhandwritten
[Farewell my brethren]
A.MS. draft.loc.00088xxx.00236Returning to my pages' front oncebetween 1871 and 1876poetryhandwritten1
Returning to my pages' front once
though I lie so sleepy and sluggish, my tap is death" (1855, p. 74).
It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before
notice, you Kanuck woods") became verses 6-10; and the lines on the half-page ("I am indifferent to my
correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("And when I thought how/ my
A.MS. draft.loc.00248xxx.00236[(Returning to my pages front once]between 1873-1876poetryhandwritten1
[(Returning to my pages front once]
152yal.00146xxx.00866Walt Whitman's Last—Good-Bye My Fancy1891prose1 leafhandwritten; A draft of Walt
Walt Whitman's Last—Good-Bye My Fancy
loc.04741xxx.00946In writing my history of Brooklynabout 1862prose1 leafhandwritten; Brief note regarding
In writing my history of Brooklyn
149uva.00009xxx.00713[My two theses]about 1856poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 16 cm pasted to 10.5 x 16 cm
[My two theses]
188uva.00260xxx.00264The sores on my shouldersBetween 1850 and 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf8 x 15 cm;
on the back of this leaf (uva.00565) relate to the manuscript poem Pictures.; uva.00565 The sores on 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
Richard Maurice Bucke, one of his literary executorsI have found my authority hereabout 1879prose1 leafhandwritten
I have found my authority here
pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which
[Returned from my four months]
50-51uva.00023xxx.00085City of my walks and joyslate 1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to
City of my walks and joys
50-51uva.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2
Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]
of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American in October 1880 as My
Surface 40 contains, among other notes, a cancelled line reading "yet my soul-dearest leaves—the hardest
both for magazine publication and for the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass, where it was published as My
My Spirit sped back to
duk.00703xxx.01114Isaac Joseph Stephen JesseIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850
duk.00698xxx.01022Hannah BrushIsaac Joseph Stephen Jesse (my grandfather)...Between 1850 and 1880prosehandwritten1
.; uva.00601 My hand will not hurt what
My own visits and distributions
first several lines of that poem (not including the line in question) were revised and published as My