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leaveshandwrittenprinted; One of a series of draft introductions Whitman prepared for Leaves of Grass, but which were
until collected by Clifton Joseph Furness in Walt Whitman's Workshop (1928), portions of this draft were
Lines from this manuscript were also revised and used in the poem, So Long!
, which first appeared in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.
leaveshandwritten; One of a series of draft introductions Whitman prepared for Leaves of Grass, but which were
until collected by Clifton Joseph Furness in Walt Whitman's Workshop (1928), portions of this draft were
Lines from this manuscript were also revised and used in the poem So Long!
, which first appeared in the 1860-61 edition of Leaves of Grass.
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?
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, 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
Thought became section 9 of Chants Democratic in 1860.
These leaves correspond to the verses in the 1860 Chants Democratic version.
So much for his Americanism, which has an inherent meaning and a power, in spite of all that is said
There is certainly a thing which may be called Americanism.
The following verses were admiringly quoted by Prof.
country, and they were often in the habit of displaying their pugilistic accomplishments."
Quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms (1848).
Sidgwick and William Clifford were both members of "The Apostles," the famous elite literary society
gives this account of the origin of the term "Hoosier": "Throughout all the early Western settlements were
The boatmen of Indiana were formerly as rude and as primitive a set as could well belong to a civilized
country, and they were often in the habit of displaying their pugilistic accomplishments."
Quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms (1848).
In 1860 this was the final poem in Leaves of Grass; in 1867 Whitman cut twenty-one lines and transferred
share common ideas expressed throughout Leaves of Grass, especially in many of the new poems to the 1860
kings removed; I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) —Never were
results of the war glorious and inevitable—and they again leading to other results;) How the great cities
there—of happiness in those high plateaus, ranging three thousand miles, warm and cold; Of mighty inland cities
of the Western Sea; As I roam'd the streets of inland Chicago—whatever streets I have roam'd; Or cities
WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
European kings removed, I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) Never were
what life, what joy and pride, With all the perils were yours.)
How the great cities appear—how the Democratic masses, turbu- lent turbulent , wilful, as I love them
to city, joining, sounding, passing, Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.
announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were
European kings removed, I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) Never were
what life, what joy and pride, With all the perils were yours.)
How the great cities appear—how the Democratic masses, turbu- lent turbulent , wilful, as I love them
to city, joining, sounding, passing, Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.
announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were
When America does what was promised, When each part is peopled with free people, When there is no city
on earth to lead my city, the city of young men, the Mannahatta city—But when the Mannahatta leads all
the cities of the earth, When there are plentiful athletic bards, inland and seaboard, When through
and enlarged edition of W ALT W HITMAN 's "Leaves of Grass," they did the best thing possible for American
literature, and performed an act of justice towards the most thoroughly original of American bards.
immature and casual reader we would gladly obliterate, yet as a sign of the time when a distinctively American
splendid protest against the fine spun and sickly effeminacy of the A MANDA M ATILDA poetry of the American
These corrections were probably intended for the 1881–82 edition of Leaves of Grass.
The newer parts were printed at this office.
It if were possible to see the genius of a great people throwing itself now into this form, now into
announce adhesiveness—I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd; I say you shall yet find the friend you were
announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were
announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were