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We have had a taste—just the slightest taste in the world—of fall weather since my last.
Antwerp, but put in here) whose case, under charge of murder by flogging a seaman, was detailed in one of my
At the National, "Mose" and "Captain Tobin" continue to attract.
David Cooper and Albert Burgess in newspapers of the period) for not performing his duties to the Captain's
According to a November 18, 1848, article, Bertrand was not convicted of the crime (see [In the Case of Captain
Thompson captained The Falcon, a paddle steamer.
I stepped in yesterday afternoon, and made my way with difficulty through the vast confusion of articles
The latter was a sort of rival to the Captain, in the good graces of a female steerage passenger.
He went, yesterday, in the cabin for his pay; was ordered out; altercation arose, and the Captain ran
The police came down in force, and, partly by stratagem, and partly by force, carried the Captain off
Cass) meetings, thus far, have had the worst speaking that has marked any political campaign within my
During a voyage, Captain Baker put Leonard in irons.
outside; there is a sermon even in the arched inner roof; I have often spent half an hour in roaming my
Leonard, the seaman wounded by the Captain on board the ship Thomas H.
The Coroner's jury in the case of Austin, Captain of the Empire Club, charged with the murder of Shea
During a voyage, Captain Baker put Leonard in irons.
This was my best sight yet of Prince John; and I tugged the matter through on purpose to give your good
the front steps of the City Hall, the most vitreous of moonlight bathing the whole scene, I stretched my
If I know anything of my native State and her people, (and I have lately had an opportunity of observing
Some sofas and a magnificent Gothic bookcase, attracted my attention; and a splendid display, too, of
The balloon ascension, mentioned in my last, came off according to promise, at Niblo's, yesterday afternoon
Crescent: — In a former letter, I undertook to describe "life and things" in our far-famed Broadway; but my
By-the-way, passing there of late my attention has been drawn to one of the queerest pictures I ever
For me—I stick to my prediction of a month ago, that, as the most probable event, Van Buren will get
For my part I confess I did not vote for the old General, but I am willing to see all the good developments
My impression is clearly that Hamblin's insurance will cover his losses—though the papers state the contrary
By the way, I made a little mistake in my reckoning of the nett net profits of the Simpson benefit; Mr
Nothing of progress has been accomplished in the way of a Washington Monument; and my private impression
hour and gazed on that picture; and if I were to attempt describing the feelings that passed through my
To my notion, the jolliest chap is the deepest philosopher—though he may not know it himself.
Among the New York editors, your and my old friend M. M.
obligation to me, if you would present the enclosed bill and start it on its passage, so that I could get my
—For, like most printers, I am horribly in need of cash.— Do, my dear sir, oblige me, in this matter,
.— But I have not yet received my copy of the Dictionary.—I have called several times at Mr.
—If convenient, upon the receipt of this, I wish you would envelope a Dictionary, and put on it my address
Newman for a Dictionary— which order I will give him, when my copy arrives.— Walter Whitman Publisher
I am convinced of one thing, (I must say my say out,) that even cleaning and salting fish for a few hours
I've no idea of losing my dog by a darned shirk!"
On the same occasion there was the prettiest of marine exhibitions—prettier, to my eyes, than any New
in, and throwing out of those lines, and the rapid depositing of fish in the boats, which seemed, to my
My friends on sea-bass intent (they were waiting for a particular wind, or something to complete their
"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
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
published as a two-volume book in the United States in 1848, entitled The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain
For my own part, I have more than once chosen the latter alternative.
In my next letter, I shall take the reader 'way to the jumping off place of the island. P AUMANOK .
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
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.
CHURCH—AN HOUR AMONG THE PICTURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ART UNION I have just been up paying one of my
It has grown into my very soul.
men and their maneuvers that I was now gazing An invalid-looking man came slowly up the hill while my
The man, at my request, showed me one of the globules which he was in the habit of taking daily.
I shall remember that dinner to my dying day. We pulled up stakes, and put for home.
I made my bed in the furled sail, watching the stars as they twinkled, and falling asleep so.
An indescribable serenity pervaded my mind—a delicious abnegation of the ties of the body.
My old friends, Mr.
. / 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
though I lie so sleepy and sluggish, my tap is death" (1855, p. 74).
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
.00096xxx.00661My Own Poemsundatedpoetryhandwritten1 leaf25.5 x 12.5 cm; Rough draft of a poem entitled My
This draft was published posthumously as My Own Poems. My Own Poems
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!
Compare these lines from that edition: "I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer
Grass, ultimately titled Song of Myself: "And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my
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
1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in Who Learns My
On the reverse (nyp.00100) is a fragment related to the poem eventually titled Who Learns My Lesson Complete
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye 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
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
by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with And there, 'The Scout', and Drops of 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."
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
series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my