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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

Ruskin insists that there are errors and blemishes of such exceeding and immedicable vileness that, if

Having got at his secret, you soon learn to take stock of the American bard.

When we reflect that, among the American poets thus slightingly waived aside, were, to mention no others

In his ideal city "the men and women think lightly of the laws."

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

Both painters were denounced by John Ruskin in similar terms in Modern Painters, The Complete Works of

1813–1873) was a Scottish explorer of Africa, and Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1835—1903) was a French-American

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

the Orientalism of the book is manifestly unconscious, it is really meant to be, and is, intensely American

He dreams a dream of "a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth," which

We many notice here that among the young Americans whom this strange poet or prophet has inspired, one

To a small job printing-office in that city belongs the honour, if such, of bringing it to light.

If he will but learn to tame a little, America will at last have a genuine American poet.

German and the Scandinavian Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished

The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American

The first several lines of the notebook draft were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The

American in October 1880.

San Francisco. 5 I see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth; I see them welding State to State, city

to city, through North America; I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Europe; I see them in Asia

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself at ran- dom random a part of them; I am a real Parisian

Christiania or Stockholm—or in Siberian Irkutsk—or in some street in Iceland; I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I penetrate those cities myself; All islands to which birds

what persons and cities are here? Who are the infants, some playing, some slumbering?

I see the cities of the earth and make myself at random a part of them, I am a real Parisian, I am a

Christiania or Stockholm, or in Siberian Irkutsk, or in some street in Iceland, I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates I penetrate those cities myself, All islands to which birds

I see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth, I see them welding State to State, city to city, through

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself at ran- dom random a part of them, I am a real Parisian

Christiania or Stockholm—or in Siberian Irkutsk—or in some street in Iceland; I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I pen- etrate penetrate those cities myself, 22* All islands

what persons and cities are here? Who are the infants, some playing, some slumbering?

I see the cities of the earth and make myself at random a part of them, I am a real Parisian, I am a

Christiania or Stockholm, or in Siberian Irkutsk, or in some street in Iceland, I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates I penetrate those cities myself, All islands to which birds

F 5 I see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth; I see them welding State to State, city to city,

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself at random a part of them; I am a real Parisian; I am a

Christiania or Stockholm—or in Siberian Irkutsk—or in some street in Iceland; I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I pen- etrate penetrate those cities myself; All islands

The reference to the "Russian serf" was dropped from the poem after the 1860 edition. Russian serfs

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!

see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth, I see them welding state to state, county to county, city

to city, through North America, I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Eu- rope Europe , I see them

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself a part of them, I am a real Londoner, Parisian, Viennese

ward northward in Christiana or Stockholm—or in some street in Iceland, I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I penetrate those cities myself, All islands to which birds

Part of "Pictures" was published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880 and later incorporated

rivers, forests , —all are Not distant caverns, volcanoes, cataracts, curious islands, birds, foreign cities

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?)

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?

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-

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.

& Divides Austria from Italy Tiber, Papal states Arno, Tuscany —Dnieper —Volga —Ural inland lakes Cities

Dresden 85,000 Saxony, Hanover, 40,000 Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

were included in "Poem of Salutation" in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass, suggesting that this manuscript

Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities were included in "Poem of Salutation

Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.; Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

were included in "Poem of Salutation" in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass.

In the 1860 edition of Leaves, and in all subsequent editions, the poem was titled "Salut Au Monde!"

in the 1860 edition.

These were further revised for the 1856 Poem of Many in One, after which the first verse drafted on this

The two verses below this, however, were preserved relatively unchanged through the poem's many transformations

27EuropeBetween 1850 and 1856prosepoetry1 leafhandwritten; A list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

, many of which were included in Poem of Salutation in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass.

In the 1860 edition of Leaves, and in all subsequent editions, the poem was titled Salut Au Monde!

Walter Murray Gibson, who had also talked about the "koboo" people (possibly in the book Report, American

the East Indian Archipelago, published in 1855), had affirmed that all his statements in the book were

Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One

.; Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in

in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.. A plate mark can be clearly seen on the verso.