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"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
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.
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
"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s
A note about an editorial on "American Expansion and Settlement Inland" is written on the back of this
"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s
Notebook (1861–1862).; Transcribed from digital images of the original.; A note about an editorial on "American
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.
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?
perfect equality of the female with the male . . . . the large amativeness—the fluid movement of the population—the
peace is the routine out of him speaks the spirit of peace, large, rich, thrifty, building vast and populous
deputed atonement . . knows that the young man who composedly periled his life and lost it has done exceeding
and in them were the fathers of sons . . . and in them were the fathers of sons.
one man . . . . he is the father of those who shall be fathers in their turns, In him the start of populous
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
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
Vaults, a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook (loc.00348) that probably dates to the early 1860s
The notes on American character relate to ideas expressed in "Song of Myself," most directly to the line
True noble expanded American character is raised on a far more lasting and universal basis than that
Every American young man should carry himself with the finished and haughty bearing of the greatest ruler
Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land." (1855, pp. 51-2). whose sides are crowded with the rich cities
till I point the road along which leads to all the learning knowledge and truth and pleasure are the cities
hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were
THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.
O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing, I know that
suite of noble rooms, 'Mid plenteous books and journals, paintings on the walls, fine statuettes, Were
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were
THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.
O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing, I know that
suite of noble rooms, 'Mid plenteous books and journals, paintings on the walls, fine statuettes, Were
A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and
, And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
noises of the night-owl and the wild cat, and the whirr of the rattlesnake; The mocking-bird, the American
Think of the time when you were not yet born; Think of times you stood at the side of the dying; Think
Cluster: Leaves of Grass. (1860) LEAVES OF GRASS. 1. ELEMENTAL drifts!
things in their attitudes, He puts to-day out of himself, with plasticity and love, He places his own city
ALL day I have walked the city, and talked with my friends, and thought of prudence, Of time, space,
deputed atonement, Knows that the young man who composedly perilled his life and lost it, has done exceeding
doubt that shallowness, meanness, malig- nance malignance , are provided for; I do not doubt that cities
and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city and country wherever he went.
, And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls, and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
tidy and fresh-cheeked girls—and the bare- foot barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls, and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the bare- foot barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
and the tidy and fresh-cheeked girls, and the bare-foot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city
.00113xxx.00226xxx.00526xxx.00048[med Cophósis]Between 1852 and 1854poetry2 leaveshandwritten; These pages were
.— All that there is in what The enti What men think enviable, if it were could be collected together
princely youth of Athens—cross-questioning—his big paunch—his bare feet—his subtle tongue— These pages were
These pages were written by Whitman in the early to mid-1850s.
tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the bare- foot barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city