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Lands]about 1872poetryhandwritten2 leaves18.5 x 18.5 cm to 20 x 18 cm; The first two entries on Leaf 1
, thy every daughter, / son, endear'd alike, forever equal,)" in the same section projected on Leaf 1.
50-51uva.00182xxx.00061[Now the hour has come upon me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 18.5 x
p. 341 [Long I was held]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf16 x 10 cm; This manuscript became section 1
On the first side of the folded leaf a blue pencil was used to correct a pencil number 7 to a 1, and
first and third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white wove paper used for 1:
3:1 and 1:3:2, in the same light brown ink and, like them, with only minor revisions.
The lines on page 1 became verses 1-8 of section 4 of Calamus. in 1860; page 2 ("Solitary, smelling the
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-9 of section 7 of Calamus in 1860, and the second leaf's
50-51uva.00321xxx.00066[Long I thought that knowledge]1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and
Whitman also penciled in the numbers 7, 8, and 8 1/2 in the lower-left corner of each page.
The lines on the first leaf became verses 1-5 of section 8 of Calamus in 1860; the second leaf's lines
50-51uva.00314xxx.00066[Hours continuing long]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman removed the lower section of page 2 from the top of current leaf 1:3:33 ("I dreamed in a dream
The first page contains what would become verses 1-3 in 1860, and the second ("Hours discouraged, distracted
50-51uva.00340xxx.00066[You bards of ages hence]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf
Whitman numbered the first 9 1/2 and the second 10, in pencil, in the lower-left corner of each leaf.
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
For an earlier draft of the poem numbered V please see the verso of leaves 15-16 of Premonition (1:1:
The lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page
50-51uva.00332xxx.00066xxx.00081To a new personal admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13
featuring a new first line, became section 12 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman dropped the last 2 1/
Whitman numbered this page 1 in pencil.
On the second page Whitman added, in a combination of normal and blue pencil, the number 43 (1/2).
With the addition of a new first line ("1. Who is now reading this?")
number 17 of the Calamus cluster in 1860, with the lines on the first leaf corresponding to verses 1-
The group first appeared in print in the 1860 Leaves of Grass with this poem as section 1.
It became section 20 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page correspond to verses 1-
This poem became section 21 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first manuscript page became verses 1-
It was numbered section 22 of Calamus in 1860: the lines on the first page correspond to verses 1-6 of
The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1:3:11, the poem (eighth in
This page bears the same papermaker's mark as 1:3:35.
Whitman also numbered each leaf in the lower-left corner in pencil: the leaves follow the order 1-9,
9 1/2 (a full page despite its number), and 10-15.
50-51uva.00188xxx.00297A Sunset Carol1857-1859poetryhandwritten6 leavesleaf 1 25.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves
-51uva.00189xxx.00309xxx.00413Thought [Of these years I sing]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1
(This particular Thought was numbered section 1 of the composite poem.)
.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2
Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side
leaves21.5 x 12.5 cm; This manuscript draft became section 16 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with Leaf 1
corresponding to verses 1-6 and Leaf 2 ("They shall train themselves/ to go in public,...") to verses
This became section 17 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, with leaf 1 corresponding to
verses 1-6 and leaf 2 ("We confer on equal terms with / each of The States,") to verses 7-13.
This poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and
of Grass in 1860, with the manuscript leaves corresponding to the published version as follows: leaf 1
to numbered verse paragraphs 1 (now beginning "O bitter sprig!
the pencil numbers 16, 17, and 18 in the lower-left corner of the leaves, substituting the numbers 1
Section 1 was eventually published (1881) as one of the poems in the cluster Inscriptions, but Whitman
13.5 cm; Originally numbered 86 and revised by overwriting to 87; Whitman also numbered the leaves 1-
5 (in pencil, lower left corner), with the 1 replacing a 6 and the 2 written over what looks like a 7
Whitman numbered the leaves 1-5 in pencil in the lower left corners.
Leaf 1 corresponds to verses 1-6 of the 1860 version, and the lines on leaf 2 ("Who out of the theory
1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves21 x 12.5 cm to 21.5 x 13 cm; These manuscript lines were revised to form numbered sections 1
in poetry (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
On the verso of the manuscript is the letter from the editors of the Critic, dated November 1, 1890,
(Tennyson had responded to Whitman's A Word About Tennyson, published in the Critic on January 1, 1887
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
manuscript is a note by Whitman for the poem To the Man-of-War Bird, which was first published in the April 1,
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
The march referred to took place on December 18" (1:474).
Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:222). Understand that you can have
The poem had been published earlier as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum.
The poem was first published as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum and finally
The poem was first published as The Man-of-War Bird in the 1 April 18 issue of The Athenæum and finally
This page is from the London Athenæum (April 1, 1876). Thou Who Hast Slept All Night Upon the Storm
No. 1, first published in the Brooklyn Daily Standard on 3 June 1861.
(New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:226–243, noted that the notebook contains lines and phrases
(New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1: 246–280, noted that the notebook contains lines and phrases