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O Captain! My Captain!

  • Date: 4 November 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

O Captain! My Captain!

Sea Captains, Young or Old

  • Date: 4 April 1873
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Sea Captains, Young or Old

Untitled

  • Date: 19 January 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Whitman, Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the

December, 1862, was commissioned as Captain; all these steps for conduct in the field.

Annotations Text:

.; Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the New

"The Slave Trade"

  • Date: 2 August 1856
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

India or South American port—as far as possible with foreign hands and only American officers—the captain

One of the principals goes as supercargo, unless the captain be a principal.

of this account of the illegal slave trade is strengthened by first-hand accounts such as that of Captain

Captain Delano stated in the "Maryland Colonization Journal" that he "was to take these things to Gardiner's

successful, having landed her cargo somewhere on the coast of Cuba, she is usually burned or sunk, and captain

Annotations Text:

of this account of the illegal slave trade is strengthened by first-hand accounts such as that of Captain

Captain Delano stated in the "Maryland Colonization Journal" that he "was to take these things to Gardiner's

Untitled

  • Date: 16 March 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Captain George W.

Captain Whitman, leaving the Rappahannock with his regiment in February, 1863, now went round with them

many, that a shell, whose explosion had killed two of his company and seriously hurt a third, struck Captain

Petersburg (Virginia, June 9 and June 15–18, 1864) were Confederate victories. and down the Weldon road, Captain

Annotations Text:

.; Captain George W.

Untitled

  • Date: 5 August 1865
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Last fall, our readers may remember, Major Whitman (then Captain) was spoken of by us as at that time

Promoted to Captain. February, 1863.—Left Falmouth with regiment. April, May, etc.

We allude to Captain Daniel E.

District of our city, a brave officer, who fell mortally wounded in May, 1864, in the Wilderness; Captain

Untitled

  • Date: 05 January 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

give even a mere resume of the movements, service, fights, marches, sufferings of the 51st since, as my

He likes his position of Captain of Company G, in which rank he started from Palace Garden; and the men

Captain George Washington Whitman was Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years and was wounded in

A letter from his Captain says: Five of our color guard had either been killed or disabled, when Byram

Annotations Text:

.; Captain George Washington Whitman was Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years and was wounded

"Number V"

  • Date: 11 November 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Many old sportsmen, who used to put up at Captain Dodd's, there, will feel surprised to see the familiar

In my former notes on the grave yards of east Long Island, I find it omitted the following inscription

aged 80 years Here sleeps te Body tombed in its Dust Till Christ shall Come & raise it with the Just My

Soul ascended to te Trone of God Where with sweet Jesus now I make Aboad Then hasten after Me my dearest

Also, at his feet Lie the remains of his youngest son JONATHAN HORTON The first captain of Cavalry in

"Literary Notices"

  • Date: 15 August 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

journal of James Brooke, Esq., of Sarawack, (now agent for the British government in Borneo.) by Captain

"Local Intelligence: &c."

  • Date: 18 November 1847
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

This naval Captain has not been identified.

Annotations Text:

.; This naval Captain has not been identified.; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

"Local Intelligence: &c."

  • Date: 6 November 1847
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The following officers were then unanimously elected for the ensuing year: Captain —WILLIAM H.

Untitled

  • Date: 8 March 1862
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

A Fire Company was formed, consisting of seven members, for one year; namely, Henry Stanton, captain;

number of firemen was increased to eleven, and the following were elected members: Stephen Baldwin, Captain

"Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 10]"

  • Date: 20 July 1841
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

an enormous basket, containing a towel, fishing tackle, and incalculable quantities of provisions; Captain

But my limits will not allow me to expatiate upon the events of this interesting voyage.

"Literary Notices"

  • Date: 19 May 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The Captain's Daughter.

Untitled

  • Date: 4 October 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

We are soon to see a thing accomplished here which I have often exercised my mind about, namely, the

Not at all, to my eye.

many respects of our constructive nation and age, and even so poetical, that I have even balanced in my

When a train comes to a bad spot in the road this Captain reins in his horse and stands there till they

I find this everywhere, and very pleasing to my sight.

"Scenes of Last Night"

  • Date: 1 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Wisdom mentioned by Whitman is Captain William A.

Annotations Text:

Wisdom mentioned by Whitman is Captain William A.

Untitled

  • Date: 21 October 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

"My soul ascends Above the Stars."

My poor handkerchief, when I pulled it from my pocket the next morning, was what the wolverines might

I had done it in the agonies between my laughter and attempted decorum.

The captain gets his sixteenth or twentieth "lay," and one or two others share equally well; but the

"Literary Notices"

  • Date: 10 August 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Burke, Chatham, Adam Clarke, Lord Clive, Captain Cook, Fox, Franklin, Warren Hastings, Bishop Heber,

"Number III"

  • Date: 28 October 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I know from the frequent bent of my own feelings, that yearning for the freshness and quiet of the country—that

published as a two-volume book in the United States in 1848, entitled The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain

Yes, Messrs. of the city: I have found no precept more strongly taught, by my rambles among this often

An old woman, the mistress of the place, bustled about, and regaled my repast with many words: her husband

nine children lived home—they had no servants—that they were rich—and that they seized ravenously on my

Annotations Text:

published as a two-volume book in the United States in 1848, entitled The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain

"IV.—Broadway"

  • Date: 9 August 1856
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains

Annotations Text:

to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains

Untitled

  • Date: 15 March 1862
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

John Titus, The John Titus mentioned here is probably the same John Titus who served as a captain in

Annotations Text:

.; The John Titus mentioned here is probably the same John Titus who served as a captain in the militia

Untitled

  • Date: 9 January 1862
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

In 1644 Captain John Underhill led forces against a group of American Indians, killing about 120.

Annotations Text:

.”; In 1644 Captain John Underhill led forces against a group of American Indians, killing about 120.

Untitled

  • Date: 11 December 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Began my visits (Dec. 21, 1862,) among the camp hospitals in Army of the Potomac, under Gen.

, but space forbids my transcribing them.

He said: "It is my chief reliance." He talked of death, and said he did not fear it.

my life and occupation more than I can tell.

Independent Missionary, in my own style, and not as agent of any commission.

Over and through the burial chant

  • Date: 12 August 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted as "Interpolation Sounds" in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

When reprinted in "Good-Bye My Fancy," the poem included the note, "General Sheridan was buried at the

Bravo, Paris Exposition!

  • Date: 28 September 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original

To the Sunset Breeze

  • Date: December 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original

Old Chants

  • Date: 19 March 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Transcribed from a digital image of a micfrofilm copy of an original

My 71st Year

  • Date: November 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

My 71st Year

Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

Old Age's Ship and Crafty Death's

  • Date: February 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

The Pallid Wreath

  • Date: 10 January 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

Ship Ahoy!

  • Date: 12 March 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

Shakespere Bacon's Cipher

  • Date: October 1887
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) under the title "Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher.

"Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 8]"

  • Date: 20 October 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Compare to, "I loafe and invite my soul,/ I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer

eagerly scanned to discover the object of my labours.

, and brighter, and more precious than earthly jewels; but in vain, for it eluded my sight.

which had been showered upon my mind. * * * * * * * The agitation of my thoughts, however, broke my slumbers

I slowly wended my way homeward, my soul improved in knowledge, and determined to treasure during life

Annotations Text:

.; Compare to, "I loafe and invite my soul,/ I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of

To the Year 1889

  • Date: 5 January 1889
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Reprinted under the new title "To the Pending Year" in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is

A Twilight Song

  • Date: May 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Revised and reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital image of

Old-Age Echoes

  • Date: March 1891
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

poems published as the cluster "Old Age Echoes" in Lippincott's Magazine were reprinted in Good-bye My

For Queen Victoria's Birthday

  • Date: 24 May 1890
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

It was included without the note in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital

Poemet

  • Date: 4 February 1860
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This poem later appeared as "Calamus No. 40," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "That Shadow My Likeness," Leaves

Death of the Nature-Lover

  • Date: 4 (11 March 1843
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

.; An earlier version of this poem entitled "My Departure" appeared in the Long Island Democrat, 23 October

"The House of Refuge"

  • Date: 13 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

first edition of Leaves of Grass thirteen years later, where he famously writes, "I loaf and invite my

soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass," and later asking his

Annotations Text:

first edition of Leaves of Grass thirteen years later, where he famously writes, "I loaf and invite my

soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass," and later asking his

My Canary Bird

  • Date: 2 March 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

My Canary Bird

Annotations Text:

mentions in a letter to Richard Maurice Bucke on February 16, 1888: "it is chilly here as I finish this—my

"[We proceed this morning to]"

  • Date: 5 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

In the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, Whitman famously wrote, "I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and

loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass" ( Leaves of Grass [Brooklyn: n.p., 1855]

Annotations Text:

In the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, Whitman famously wrote, "I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and

loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass" (Leaves of Grass [Brooklyn: n.p., 1855],

"Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 3]"

  • Date: 28 March 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Venice : "SHYLOCK: 'Signior Antonio, many a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my

moneys and my usances: / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, / For sufferance is the badge of

Annotations Text:

of Venice: "SHYLOCK: 'Signior Antonio, many a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my

moneys and my usances: / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, / For sufferance is the badge of

"Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 1]"

  • Date: 29 February 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—A dusky mist spread itself before my eyes.

I wandered far, far away from my then and there existence.

scenes long since past, and faces that may never more greet my view.

—I saw every particular tree, and hill, and field, my old haunts.

—This is what I dread: for I have not enjoyed my young time.

"Number VI"

  • Date: 18 November 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

AN ADVENTURE ON HEMPSTEAD PLAINS, YEARS AGO One of my old friends for the last fifteen years has made

of these occasions, some ten years since, that he met with a little adventure wherewith he has, in my

My friend aforesaid had gone out to shoot on the Plains (stopping awhile on his way farther east) one

My friend was indeed tired, and thankfully accepted the honest fellow's offer.

My friend, be it known, is the most modest of men—and now what the deuce to do, was the question.

Untitled

  • Date: 11 October 1862
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

But to the account of my adventures (for it is now necessary to drop the editorial "we,") last fall,

hook again with "fiddlers," while the fish floundered at a great rate around my feet.

word, accoutred as I was, I plunged—the fish—into an old tin kettle, and gave them, with sixpence and my

the wharf with a boat-hook, and offering his shoulder for me to step on—though, as he was about half my

divided the water—to lie on my back and gaze by the half-hour at the passing clouds overhead—merely

"Matters Which Were Seen and Done in an Afternoon Ramble"

  • Date: 19 November 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

little son, Prince Arthur, who was taken prisoner by his usurping uncle: "Grief fills the room up of my

had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.— I will not keep this form upon my

head, When there is such disorder in my wit.

My boy, my Arthur, my fair son!

My life, my joy, my food, my all in the world, My widow–comfort, and my sorrow's cure!"

Untitled

  • Date: 7 March 1874
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Here is another characteristic scene of the dark and bloody year 1863, from notes of my visit to Armory

(I think I see my friends smiling at this confession, but I was never more in earnest in my life.)

A GLIMPSE FROM MY NOTES.

I can say that in my ministerings I comprehended all and slighted none.

It has given me my plainest and most fervent views of the true ensemble and extent of the States.

"Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 2]"

  • Date: 14 March 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

My two acquaintances were both born and bred in the city; they both were sent to good schools; both had

And yet no man can differ more from my friend H OM than does my friend T OM .

My friend H OM is, at the same time, very much of a gentleman in his manners.

Now all that my friend H OM is not , my friend Tom B EPRIM is .

When I meet H OM in the street, he always grasps my hand, and salutes me by my first name.

"Greenport, L. I., June 25. a machine readablewith transcription"

  • Date: 27 June 1851
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Having neither the funds nor disposition to pass my little term of ruralizing at the fashionable baths

That is, my lodging place is at Greenport; but, in truth, I "circulate" in all directions around.

found on the coasts of Long Island between spring and late fall. however, are the most delicious, to my

Can there be any thing of the old gossip in my composition?

Bathing in this pure, clear, salt water, twice every day, is one of my best pleasures.

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