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It is possible that these lines are related to the poem Year of Meteors. (1859–1860), although other
It is possible that these lines were present on the manuscript when he made his transcription but have
Given the use of the 1855 wrapper paper, this was likely composed between late 1855 and 1860.
the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of The States, The tables of population
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?
the scaffold;) —I would sing in my copious song your census returns of The States, The tables of population
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?
the scaffold;) —I would sing in my copious song your census returns of The States, The tables of population
the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States, The tables of population
that the old accounts, bibles, genealogies, are true, without exception, I assert that all past days were
what they must have been, And that they could no-how have been better than they were, And that to-day
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?)
the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States, The tables of population
the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States, The tables of population
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
the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States, The tables of population
that the old accounts, bibles, genealogies, are true, without exception, I assert that all past days were
what they must have been, And that they could no-how have been better than they were, And that to-day