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where I was born, Well-begotten, and raised by a perfect mother; After roaming many lands—lover of populous

pavements; Dweller in Mannahatta ‡ , city of ships, my city— or on southern savannas; Or a soldier camped

probably had in his pockets while we were talking.

that men and women were flexible, real, alive! that everything was alive!

To think of all these wonders of city and country, and others taking great interest in them—and we taking

An Englishman might have written ninety-nine hundredths of American poetry.

The spirit that pervades is essentially American. It is more.

The philosophy and theology are decidedly American, the ethics are altogether of New York.

full of truly American exaggeration.

Everything American is the subject of his praises:— "These states are the amplest poem.

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.

of West Hills, Long Island, in the state of New York, somewhere about thirty miles from the great American

To the very dregs and scum and squalor of the evil streets of a bad city he cries out—by a subtle violation

At the City Dead House in his "Leaves of Grass," we see him standing—gazing—yearning, in tenderest pity

And, as it has been with those, so it is now and henceforth with this true American Poet Walt Whitman

the manly poet himself going his sickening rounds in the ghastly hospitals, all through the great American

Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a popular and influential French poet and songwriter whose lyrics were

reference to holly alludes to Burns's poem, "The Vision" (1786): "Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs/Were

: Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards; Where the city stands that is

; Where the city of the healthiest fathers stands Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands; There

the grand city stands.

regarded with sorrow; and those with whom we lately fought, however misguided, however bedeviled, were

The thought of the comradeship of Americans is never absent from the poet's pages.

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC) advanced both Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, ushering in the city's

"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

been suggested that this is Nathaniel Bloom, a member of [Whitman]'s circle of friends in the early 1860s

Bloom, carman,' as listed in the [New York City] directories for 1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished

been suggested that this is Nathaniel Bloom, a member of [Whitman]'s circle of friends in the early 1860s

Bloom, carman,' as listed in the [New York City] directories for 1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished

cellar l recess c tent f dungeon f pillory f kennel f citadel, a place of defence defense in or near a city

, crotch and f Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were

Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were used in the

similar to a line from the poem called "Bunch Poem" in 1856, titled "5." in the Enfans d'Adam cluster of 1860

clear untrimm'd faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, accord- ing according as they were

greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretch'd

libraries and schools—nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

city of the healthiest fathers stands; Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great

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?)

trimm'd untrimm'd faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

their places, laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises according as they were

greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where a great city stands is not the place of stretch'd

libraries and schools, nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great

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-

clear untrimmed faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

places, laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, according as they were

libraries and schools—nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

Were those your vast and solid?

countryman, Saunterer of woods, stander upon hills, summer swimmer in rivers or by the sea, Of pure American

Cluster: Chants Democratic and Native American. (1860) CHANTS DEMOCRATIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN.

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

Were those your vast and solid?

American masses!

AMERICAN mouth-songs!

trimm'd untrimm'd faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

their places, laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises according as they were

greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where a great city stands is not the place of stretch'd

libraries and schools, nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great

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.

clear untrimmed faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

places, laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, according as they were

libraries and schools, nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

Were those your vast and solid?

countryman , Saunterer of woods, stander upon hills, summer swimmer in rivers or by the sea, Of pure American

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

clear untrimm'd faces, The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves, The American

laying them regular, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, ac- cording according as they were

greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretch'd

libraries and schools—nor the place where money is plentiest, Nor the place of the most numerous population

Were those your vast and solid?

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?

leafhandwritten; Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were

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.