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The text Whitman quotes comes from the Westminster Review, American Edition, LI, (July 1849): 187 (see
Stovall, Notes on Whitman's Reading, American Literature 26, no. 3, [November 1954]: 361).
writers (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 5:1860
The text Whitman quotes comes from the Westminster Review, American Edition, LI, (July 1849): 186 (see
Stovall, Notes on Whitman's Reading, American Literature 26, no. 3, [November 1954]: 361).
probably related to lines on the same topic in A Song of Joys, first published as Poem of Joys in the 1860
approximately four lines, written and revised in ink, that may be related to the poem Year of Meteors. (1859–1860
Some of the terms in the list at the bottom of the scrap were added to the poem eventually titled "A
added, but two of the terms that are struck through on this manuscrpit ("saltmaking" and "arsenal") were
early in 1855poetryprose1 leafhandwritten; This draft fragment includes phrases and poetic lines that were
As if it were anything to analyze fluids and call certain parts oxygen or hydrogen, or to map out stars
The various dates referenced suggest that the earliest portions of it were written sometime after 1845
earliest date for the writing on the verso is likely March 1853, when the two Cumberland Street houses were
nyp.00511xxx.00048[I can tell of the long besieged city]I can tell of the long besieged city1845–1855prosepoetry1
leafhandwritten; A scrap of paper with poetic lines that were used in revised form in the 1855 edition
The lines contained in this manuscript were eventually used in the poem ultimately titled Song of Myself
[I can tell of the long besieged city]
ideas in this manuscript came from an article entitled Thoughts on Reading that appeared in the American
Whig Review in May 1845 (Notes on Whitman's Reading, American Literature 26.3 [November 1954]: 352).
American literature must become distinct
1860prosehandwritten1 leaf; Edward Grier suggests that this manuscript was probably written prior to 1860
sentiment between it and the initial line of No. 4 of the Thoughts cluster published first in the 1860
similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American
See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday
It were hardly amiss to guess that the dreams of the young hunter that night were interwoven with huge
So kindly were her requests proposed, and so yearning, if the truth be told, were the Lonesome Man's
From where they were situated, the hunters could not distinctly see the quarrellers—but the latter were
No scuffling or angry words were there now.
The hunters were mistaken in supposing it dead.
The installments were sometimes preceded by poems on the front pages of the Eagle; a poem titled "The
"; A sachem is a chief or leader of a Native American tribe.; Whitman began the third installment of
And thus they were, and thus they passed away.—O Earth! huge tomb-yard of humanity!
Very beauteous was the coming of the sun, one day, over the cities of J UDAH .
And her grey hairs were bowed to the ground, and she would not receive consolation.
the expectation, as it were, of an unwonted event.
thine during that fearful minute, it were almost blasphemous to transcribe!
After seeing some of the peculiar sights and scenes that are to be met with at such a place only, we were
Her garments were clean, though old, and very faded.
Both were fired upon by the mutineers, but no great damage was done.
On the 10th, the whole body of the detained merchantmen were allowed, by common consent, to proceed up
A party of soldiers then went on board the S ANDWICH , and to them were surrendered the delegates of
It was not until quite a while after sunset, that we started on our return to the city.
He was buried in the sea; and in due time, his family arrived at the American emporium.
They were set before us by the sober Margery, no one else being visible.
As frequently happened, we were the only company.
Back of the house were some fields, and a path leading into clumps of trees.
revisions Whitman made to "The Love of the Four Students" before publishing it as "The Boy-Lover" in The American
Rankling means festering and rotting.; Transcribed from digital images of an original issue held at the American
tale, making a number of changes to the original language before publishing this version in the American
With the youth's assistance, the preparations for their frugal meal were soon completed.
But I thought that were they both slain no one would carry the tale to the Kansi tribe.
Those sounds were not new to him.
eyes, glassy as they were beginning to be with death-damps.
tale, making a number of changes to the original language before publishing this version in the American
The American Review publication was the first printing of the story as a stand-alone tale under the title
'"; Logan was a Native American war leader who became well known as an orator.
negotiations that involved the distribution of alcohol or payments of large subsidies to Native Americans
animal such as a dog or a wolf.; Transcribed from digital images of an original issue held at the American
I have more confidence in the judgment of intelligent American women, and men too, than to think they
This girl was a deaf mute, the daughter of a wretched intemperate couple in the neighborhood, who were
The sons were employed in some mercantile establishment in N EW -Y ORK , in which city the daughter,
Austen, Wilmerding and Co., auctioneers, were located at 30 Exchange Street, corner of William."
Brasher also cites Joseph Jay Rubin, "Whitman and the Boy-Forger," American Literature 10 (May 1938),
woman, a widow, occupied a basement in one of the streets leading down to the North river, in New York city
for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb persons, founded in 1817, and later named The American
Austen, Wilmerding and Co., auctioneers, were located at 30 Exchange Street, corner of William."
Brasher also cites Joseph Jay Rubin, "Whitman and the Boy-Forger," American Literature 10 (May 1938),