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the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("Publish my
name and hang up/ my picture...") to lines 4-11.
Whitman writes about this in the passage Paumanok, and My Life on It as a Child and a Young Man, published
Glance O'er Travel'd Roads first appeared in Lippincott's Magazine (January 1887), under the title My
Reprinted in Democratic Vistas, and Other Papers (1888), My Book and I was also combined with How I Made
a Book, Philadelphia Press (11 July 1889) and A Backward Glance on My Own Road, Critic (5 January 1884
of Grass, named Lesson Poem in 1856 and finally, beginning with 1871's Passage to India, Who Learns My
Portions of this manuscript appeared in Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings, first published in Good-Bye My
This manuscript contributed to American's Bulk Average, which first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891
correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("And when I thought how/ my
poem was revised to form section 32 of Calamus in 1860, and in 1867 was retitled What Think You I Take 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!
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
152yal.00146xxx.00866Walt Whitman's Last—Good-Bye My Fancy1891prose1 leafhandwritten; A draft of Walt
Walt Whitman's Last—Good-Bye My Fancy
leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains part of an autobiographical sketch on the composition of Good-bye My
It was reprinted, without the subtitle, in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and in the Good-By my Fancy annex
Retitled To the Pending Year, the poem appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy in 1891. To the year 1889
which was published in Lippincott's Magazine as To the Sunset Breeze in December 1890, in Good-Bye My
Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called deathbed edition of Leaves
It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
cm; These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as Come, said my
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]).
Although the poem was unpublished in its entirety, the seventh line was used in the poem To My Soul,
lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second page ("Do you suppose you can easily/ be my
of an unpublished poem entitled The Soul and the Poet, which may be a draft of the poem Come, said my
which it underwent various changes in content, title, and position until being joined with Now List to My
50-51uva.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2
Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]
A.MS. draft and notes.loc.00268xxx.00263[Thou knowest my]about 1874poetryhandwritten1 leaf; A draft of
[Thou knowest my]
leaf; A draft entitled This Journey (the manuscript suggests Whitman was also considering the title My
17unc.00012xxx.00486Then my mother hastening1883-1888prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains
Then my mother hastening
before being collected in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). [Then Another and very grave point]
has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, Drops of my
leafhandwritten; Draft fragment of a note for the short poem An Ended Day, which was first published in Good-Bye My
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
both for magazine publication and for the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass, where it was published as My
It was later published under the title Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891)
This was revised to become section 40 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 it was retitled That Shadow, My Likeness
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
included are: As the Time Draws Nigh, Ashes of Soldiers, Years of the Modern, Thoughts, Song at Sunset, My
leafhandwritten; Manuscript notes, heavily revised, apparently for the preface to Whitman's 1891 volume Good-Bye My
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher, which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My
Shakspere for America was later reprinted in The Critic on 27 September 1890, as well as in Good-Bye My
Whitman used lines from Pictures for the poem My Picture-Gallery, first published in Leaves of Grass
3yal.00006xxx.00139Sea Captains, Young or Oldabout 1873poetry2 leaveshandwritten; This manuscript is
a signed draft of Sea Captains, Young or Old, which was published first in the New York Daily Graphic
Sea Captains, Young or Old
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]
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).
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
Travel'd Roads was mostly made up of material 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).
A.MS. draft.loc.00088xxx.00236Returning to my pages' front oncebetween 1871 and 1876poetryhandwritten1
Returning to my pages' front once
pri.00035xxx.00808[Returned from my four months]1879–1882prose1 leafhandwritten; A short note in which
[Returned from my four months]
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."