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the lines on another manuscript in the University of Virginia collection, which were revised to form part
great Meteor]between 1850-1860poetryhandwritten2 leaves25 x 18 cm; A draft of an unpublished poem, part
On the reverse (duk.00032) is also an early version of a part of Great Are the Myths.; duk.00032 Are
leaf7 x 21 cm; The laid paper was originally the last page of a letter; a few illegible words and part
duk.00066xxx.01167ChronologicalBetween 1854 and 1860prose1 leaf, with 2 pasted-on attachmentshandwritten
backing sheet with two smaller manuscript scraps pasted on, which together, at one time, likely formed part
The pasted-on manuscript scraps were originally part of the notebook "women" (loc.05589), which probably
Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on (duk.00878) relate to what became section 2 of
.00112xxx.00085A City WalkAbout 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf4.5 x 12 cm; A faint horizontal line beneath part
another scrap, the reverse of which (duk.00878) features prose notes that relate to what became section 2
Inscribed and extensively revised in pencil, these verses were part of a larger set of lines before Whitman
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster.
.00047his poem of theBetween 1850 and 1860poetryprose2 leaveshandwritten; These two scraps once formed part
On the back of this manuscript is a prose fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem
relate to the second poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled A Song for Occupations, and part
The reverse side of the leaf is part of a manuscript (duk.00066) discussing the conception of time.;
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster.
prayBefore or early in 1855poetryprose1 leafhandwritten; An early scrap of prose material similar to parts
The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown
Other lines and words became part of the opening lines of Broad-Axe Poem and Bunch Poem in the 1856 edition
The lines eventually became part of the independent poem Poets to Come.
deleted with a single pencil stroke, appear after revision and expansion to have eventually formed part
On the reverse (nyp.00733) are lines used in a different part of the same poem.; nyp.00733 Night of south
Walks Down This Street;about 1856poetryhandwritten1 leaf7 x 16 cm paster to 4 x 15.5 cm; Both parts of
There are 2 four yugs or ages : the first was the age of innocence or truth, and embraces 1,728,000 years
praise of blood the gallows, the knout, torture, &c. ☝ At one point, this manuscript likely formed part
Below the note is pasted a newspaper clipping with a story attributed to Aristotle.
book in a conversation with Horace Traubel on December 9, 1889 (With Walt Whitman in Camden, 6:180–2)
Excepting in the western parts, which are mostly hilly, the surface is either level or composed of gentle
Scotland, or the northern part of Britain, is more rugged and hilly than England, and is much indented
Scotland, latterly, has advanced in social and physical improvement at a more rapid pace than any other part
it cannot be doubted that Ireland will ultimately enjoy a degree of prosperity equal to that of any part
sanction of all the three branches of the legislature, it is called an Act of Parliament, and becomes part
It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, originally untitled, part of which eventually
1850 and 1860prosehandwritten20 leaves; References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts
especially in the early pages, on the Constitution as a contract reflects his reading of at least parts
The writing on the reverse side of the leaf (duk.00001) contributed to a different part of the poem that
It was also part of a series of reviews printed separately and included in some copies of the 1855 edition
On the reverse are lines that were possibly also written as part of the process for the creation of that
WhitmanThe voice is a curious organ1850-1855prose1handwrittenprinted; This manuscript scrap might be part
.— You will see that the title of the original is "The childhood of Erik Menved"; the latter part of
the original story, consisting very much of prolic prolix detail of historical events, gives it that
name—but that part of the story I have contracted into a few paragraphs—and have taken a singular trait
suit you, and how much it would be worth to you, so that I can have an answer by the middle or latter part
of the week.— The story would make about 65 leaded short columns of the Sun—so that, at an average of
is referring to Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), who was a Swedish reformer and a writer of romantic stories
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster (1881, p. 310)
First published as part of Poem of Salutation in Leaves of Grass (1856), then as part of Salut au Monde
brain]about 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf5 x 16 cm; Draft lines of an incomplete poem, of which other parts
number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part
11You lusty and graceflu youthBetween 1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; An early version of a part