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your horizon rises—I see it parting away for more august dramas; I see not America only—I see not only

that force advancing with irresistible power on the world's stage; (Have the old forces played their parts

here and hereafter, Taking all hints to use them—but swiftly leaping beyond them, A reminiscence sing. 2

, All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth, These are contain'd in sex, as parts

and am all, and believe in all; I believe materialism is true, and spiritualism is true— I reject no part

Have I forgotten any part? Come to me, whoever and whatever, till I give you recognition.

You no doubt will by this time have received the one I addressed to you 2 or 3 weeks ago; but perhaps

entirely every poem wh. contains passages or words wh. modern squeamishness can raise an objection to—& 2,

Conway your permission to alter (or rather, as I have done, simply to omit ) 2 or 3 phrases in that Preface

I have given a note here & there: 2.

5 classes, which I have termed—Chants Democratic—Drum Taps —Walt Whitman—Leaves of Grass—Songs of Parting

incomparably the largest poetic work of our period" (see "Current Literature," New York Times, July 28, 1867, 2)

are not exactly fitted to make the best use of political enfranchisement, one has said only a small part

Part of it is about my coming upon the Times —a sort of hankering treatment of the subject, but no offer

On May 2, 1867, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman reported that George Washington Whitman was not well, but was

Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs, 35), and he published O'Connor's review of Leaves of Grass on December 2,

to me you bring; Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west, And thought of him I love. 2

—No; But I record of two simple men I saw to-day, on the pier, in the midst of the crowd, parting the

part- ing parting of dear friends; The one to remain hung on the other's neck, and pas- sionately passionately

works which aim at satirising the manners and customs of every-day life are necessarily the first parts

To deal with these seriatim , in the first Whitman takes part in a natural and easily comprehensible

every poem which contains passages or words which modern squeamishness can raise an objection to—& 2,

On May 2, 1867, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman reported that George Washington Whitman was not well, but was

Whitman withdrew the poem in his November 2, 1868 letter to Francis Church.

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Winter "a dried-up cadaverous schoolmaster" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 2:

1936), 232–233; Clara Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs—Comrades (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1931), 2–

See John Townsend Trowbridge, My Own Story (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 265–67.

The most delicate & even conventional lady only needs to know him to love him. 2.

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Whitman withdrew the poem in his November 2, 1868 letter to Francis Church.

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

flag"—grows all over the Northern and Middle States—(see Webster's Large Dictionary—Calamus—definition 2)

ask George whether any thing could be done with $500 cash about getting a lot & moderate-sized two story

March 12 and March 19, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, and by Whitman's letter of April 2,

have here—for several days past, it has been thawing & melting—Here in the office, it is the same old story—it

o'clock—the Attorney Gen'l. & Ashton have gone to the Supreme Court—they go most every day now from 11 till 2—

It is quite an interesting story, & I will tell you all about it when I come home.

March 12, and March 19, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, noting that by the time of his April 2,

letter of the 17th—I have been thinking about you this cold weather—& especially the storm latter part

According to Thomas Jefferson Whitman's December 21, 1866 letter to Walt Whitman, Bergen contributed $2

Attorney General's Office , Washington April 2, 1867 .

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 April 1867

, 1867 and March 12, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, and at the time of the poet's April 2,

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931], 35), and invited O'Connor to review Leaves of Grass on December 2,

night, she died, & was buried the next Wednesday—they sent me word that the funeral was to be at ½ past 2—

and March 19, 1867 letters to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman,and by the time of Whitman's letter of April 2,

Harbor in June 1864— & he has had the bullet in him ever since—it was in a very bad place, the lower part

The first Reconstruction Act was passed March 2, 1867.

His letter of December 2, 1866 was even more unreserved in its praise of Whitman.

Bates, in title case, will be sent up to you at 2 o'clock, according to your request.

Whitman withdrew the poem in his November 2, 1868 letter to Francis Church.

According to the story, after the attorneys, of which Ned Holbrook was one, argued the demurrers, Judge

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Walt Whitman withdrew the poem in his November 2, 1868 letter to Francis P. Church.

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Pearson, Jr., "Story of a Magazine: New York's Galaxy, 1866–1878," Bulletin of the New York Public Library

books remaining—the most of them were lost" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 2:

Your letter of August 15, and the letter of Oct. 2, have both reached me, & I was very glad to hear from

Surratt for taking part in the murder of President Lincoln.

Bradstreet and Son, had supervised the binding of Drum-Taps (see Walt Whitman's May 2, 1865 letter to

Y. post office stamp, Mar. 25, I have only just rec'd it, (2 o'clock Wednesday P.M.)

)—a copy of Burroughs' article in the Galaxy, and his own article in the New York Times on December 2,

T HE grossest abuse on the part of the majority, and the wildest panegyric on the part of a minority,

He believes hugely in himself, and in the part he is destined to take in American affairs.

properly so called; and that this grossness, offensive in itself, is highly significant—an essential part

The second part of the volume, "Drum-Taps," is a series of poetic soliloquies on the war.

with the addition of a work containing much that has not been before printed, entitled "Songs before Parting

show :— "I believe in the flesh and the appetites; Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part

his antecedents here being a race of farmers and mechanics, silent, good-natured, playing no high part

On his trip to and from that city he made it a point penetrate various parts of the West and South-west

the wood, and become undis- guised undisguised and naked; I am mad for it to be in contact with me. 2

mer summer morning; How you settled your head athwart my hips, and gently turn'd over upon me, And parted

If I worship one thing more than another, it shall be the spread of my own body, or any part of it.

List to the story as my grandmother's father, the sailor, told it to me.

is but a part.