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, Down from the showered halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows, twining and twisting as if they were
, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows, twining and twisting as if they were
he is a native and resident of Brooklyn, Long Island, born and bred in an obscurity from which it were
His Leaves of Grass were a revelation from the Kingdom of Nature.
Thus he screams to a gaping universe: "I, Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a Cosmos; I shout
-1874) was an American writer and actress who contributed a lively column for the Saturday Press from
The comedic works of François Rabelais (c. 1490-1553) were known for their risqué quality.
-1874) was an American writer and actress who contributed a lively column for the Saturday Press from
1859-1864.; The comedic works of François Rabelais (c. 1490-1553) were known for their risqué quality
, The best farms—others toiling and planting, and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities—others
feeling are caught, and of the grand yet melancholy suggestiveness which sets the whole picture, as it were
that the book is not amenable to the laws against sending obscene literature through the mails; and were
and there, With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows, And the city
declare that Walt Whitman has not the poet's gift in the slightest measure—that he is only an ignorant American
He could not have been bred anywhere but in a certain part of New York city a generation ago—in any other
And American letters were in a peculiar transition state when he made his first appearance in print,
barefoot, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were
barefoot, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were
2Notebooks, 1860-1861loc.00029xxx.00131Notebook, 1860-18611860-1861prosepoetryhandwritten61 leaves; An
relates to poems ultimately titled Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, By Blue Ontario's Shore, The City
Some of the trial verses in this notebook were published posthumously as [I Stand and Look], Ship of
Notebook, 1860-1861
The lines from the poem are cleanly written, suggesting that they were meant to serve as an epigraph
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
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?)
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?
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-
of the leading publishers of the United States is a literary event, for through it the greatest American
I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion, but the solid sense of the book is
He looks exceeding well in his broad hat, wide collar and suit of modest gray.
unknown before, Subtler than ever, more harmony, as if born here, re- lated related here, Not to the city's
is already established as a popular American classic.
includes an early draft of In Paths Untrodden, first published as the first section of Calamus in the 1860
manuscript is a draft of That Shadow My Likeness, first published in New-York Saturday Press 4 February 1860
This poem later appeared as Calamus No. 40, Leaves of Grass (1860); as That Shadow My Likeness, Leaves
This poem later appeared as A Word Out of the Sea, Leaves of Grass (1860); as Out of the Cradle Endlessly
barefoot, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were
what joys were thine! ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM.
barefoot, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were
what joys were thine! ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM.
This poem later appeared as A Word Out of the Sea in Leaves of Grass (1860); as Out of the Cradle Endlessly