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149uva.00292xxx.00112xxx.00085A City WalkAbout 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf4.5 x 12 cm; A faint horizontal

line beneath part of "A City Walk," along with the words' capitalization and central position on the

18 in his Blue Book revisions of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

This title was changed in the Blue Book to City of orgies, walks and joys and finally became City of

The poem was retitled Crossing Brooklyn Ferry in 1860. A City Walk

A City Walk: 2 V Just a list of all that is seen in a walk through the streets of Brooklyn & New York

The heading of this manuscript reads "A City Walk," which may be suggestive of the tentative title "City

and Joys," the name Whitman originally assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

A City Walk

The heading of this manuscript reads "A City Walk," which may be suggestive of the tentative title "City

and Joys," the name Whitman originally assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

Look'd toward the lower bay to notice the arriving ships, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were

yellow light, over the tops of houses, and down into the clefts of streets. 4 These, and all else, were

I loved well those cities; I loved well the stately and rapid river; The men and women I saw were all

as much of you —I laid in my stores in advance; I consider'd long and seriously of you before you were

envelop the soul; About my body for me, and your body for you, be hung our divinest aromas; Thrive, cities

Look'd toward the lower bay to notice the vessels arriving, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were

and yellow light over the tops of houses, and down into the clefts of streets. 4 These and all else were

to me the same as they are to you, I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river

also, The best I had done seem'd to me blank and suspicious, My great thoughts as I supposed them, were

envelop the soul, About my body for me, and your body for you, be hung our divinest aromas, Thrive, cities—bring

Looked toward the lower bay to notice the arriving ships, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were

These, and all else, were to me the same as they are to you, I project myself a moment to tell you—also

I loved well those cities, I loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all

I had done seemed to me blank and sus- picious suspicious , My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

envelop the Soul; About my body for me, and your body for you, be hung our divinest aromas; Thrive, cities

Look'd toward the lower bay to notice the vessels arriving, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were

and yellow light over the tops of houses, and down into the clefts of streets. 4 These and all else were

to me the same as they are to you, I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river

also, The best I had done seem'd to me blank and suspicious, My great thoughts as I supposed them, were

envelop the soul, About my body for me, and your body for you, be hung our divinest aromas, Thrive, cities—bring

Look'd toward the lower bay to notice the arriving ships, Saw their approach, saw aboard those that were

These, and all else, were to me the same as they are to you; I project myself a moment to tell you—also

I loved well those cities; I loved well the stately and rapid river; The men and women I saw were all

I had done seem'd to me blank and sus- picious suspicious ; My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

envelop the soul; About my body for me, and your body for you, be hung our divinest aromas; Thrive, cities

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Canada, Arkansas?

I loved well those cities, I loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

ment atonement , Knows that the young man who composedly periled his life and lost it, has done exceeding

There are Thirty-Two States sketched—the population thirty millions.

Leaves of Grass (1860–1861) Leaves of Grass (1860–1861) a machine readable transcription Walt Whitman

to American persons, progresses, cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

American masses!

AMERICAN mouth-songs!

ONCE I passed through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

fool'd 114 Native Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Once I Pass'd through a Populous City

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

(RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE 16, 1860.)

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

American masses!

RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE, 1860. 1 OVER the western sea, hither from Niphon come, Courteous the

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture

What does it mean to American persons, progresses, cities?

A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and

what were God?)

Y., South District)—renew'd (1883) 14 yrs. 2d ed'n 1856, Brooklyn—renew'd (1884) 14 yrs. 3d ed'n 1860

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture

What does it mean to American persons, progresses, cities?

A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and

As if it were necessary to trot back generation after generation to the Eastern records!"

"I will report all heroism from an American point of view." "America always!

I assert that all past days were what they should have been.

It is done in this fashion: "I see the cities of the earth, and make myself at random a part of them;

And do you rise higher than ever yet, O days, O cities! Crash heavier, heavier yet, O storms!

Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, including

The first several lines of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American

clipped-out segment of leaf002v, which continues onto the page that remains here, includes lines that were

Myself and Mine": "Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace—I hold up agitation and conflict" (1860

The first several lines of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American

and the neighbor must fetch out a cup and go half halves; for both loved tea, and had no money, and were

Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, including

Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, including

Several phrases of the prose on the verso were probably later used, in somewhat revised form, in the

: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

A father A mother as well as father, a child as well as a man; A N ot only an American, but an African

rings expand outward and outward Several phrases of this prose were probably later used, in somewhat

: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

These and all else were to me the same as they are to you, I project myself a moment to tell you—also

I loved well those cities, I loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all

I had done seemed to me blank and sus- picious suspicious , My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

had as much of you—I laid in my stores in advance, I considered long and seriously of you before you were

Thrive, cities! Bring your freight, bring your shows, ample and sufficient rivers!

circles in and around Boston were startled by the tidings that Emerson—whose incredulity concerning

had ever before written or sung, whichever you like to call it, he fancied he saw a pioneer, as it were

of the forms and symbols of life: now funeral, now carnival; or, again, a masquerade of nations, cities

cities, and fit to have for his background and accessories their streaming populations and ample and

The father was a farmer, and afterwards a carpenter and builder, and both the father and mother were

He famously remaked, "In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American

play, or looks at an American picture or statue?"

Grass, in addition to a few images and phrasings that Whitman used in the second (1856) and third (1860

A brief passage on surface 12 possibly contributed to the poem first published in 1860 as the fourth

Two passages on surface 21 were used in the tenth poem of the 1855 Leaves of Grass, later titled There

Two of the draft lines of poetry on surface 31 were used in the untitled third poem of the Debris cluster

in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

"If the general" and "If you are happy" in the untitled third poem of the "Debris" cluster in the 1860

—What real Americans can be made out of slaves?

not equally interested in the preservation of those states or cities—or that portion was degraded form

first printed in the second (1856) and third (1860–1861) editions.

Whitman revised the text on leaf 23 verso to include a rather long passage that exceeded the space available

edition of Leaves of Grass but that the notebook also contains material clearly related to things that were

first printed in the second (1856) and third (1860–1861) editions.

Whitman revised the text on leaf 23 verso to include a rather long passage that exceeded the space available