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1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf 2 14.5 x 9.5 cm pasted to 5.5 x 9.5 cm; On two sections of white
140ucb.00068xxx.00959Over the glistening bronze brook[White Butterflies]1878–1882prose3 leaveshandwritten
[White Butterflies]
.00080[When I heard at the close of]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves15 x 9.5 cm; On two leaves of white
paper, both measuring 15 x 9.5 cm; the lower half of the second page is pasted over with a section of white
you I have]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 9 cm pasted to 6.5 x 9 cm; On a composite leaf of white
to one of his interviewers]1886prose1 leafhandwritten; A manuscript written by Whitman and sent to William
The poem is apparently based on a photograph of Whitman possibly taken by the photographer, William Kurtz
.00337xxx.00066xxx.00104[To the young man]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf15 x 9 cm; On one leaf of white
admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13 x 11.5 cm; leaf 2 20 x 16 cm; On two pieces of white
On one section of the same leaf of white ruled laid paper used for To a Historian, and with another fragment
.00331xxx.00066xxx.00089[This moment as I sit alone]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leafcm; On one leaf of white
White" between 1871 and 1874. This journey
of a poem inscribed on the first and third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white
On the verso of one of the leaves is a letter from William Black seeking Whitman's autograph.
12tex.00011xxx.00705The Ballroom was swept and the floor white…[The ball-room was swept]about 1860poetry1
leafhandwritten; Three lines of a poem beginning "The ball-room was swept, and the floor white."
of delight" and "tooth prong") probably contributed to the following passage in the same poem: "The white
William White described the pages as "torn from a tall notebook" (Daybooks and Notebooks [New York: New
White noted a possible relationship between the opening words and the first poem of the 1855 edition,
Those who envy or calumniate great men, hate God William Blake[.]"
51uva.00328xxx.00066xxx.00103[Sometimes]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf15 x 9.5 cm; On one leaf of white
On the verso of the manuscript is a cancelled letter to Whitman from William S.
homemade notebook which contains, among other notes, an account of the retreat following the battle of White
Written on this small white sheet are the title of the poem (Sail out for good Eidólon yacht) and trial
shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white
leaf16 x 19 cm; A draft beginning "Peace no more, but flag of war" written in pencil on a sheet of white
copy.loc.00259xxx.00312Paumanokabout 1888poetryhandwritten1 leaf12 x 21 cm; Written in ink on a sheet of white
Later in the manuscript he writes of "the buckwheat and its white tops and the bees that hum there all
day," and on page 36 of the 1855 Leaves he writes of the "white and brown buckwheat, a hummer and a
On the verso Whitman has copied two stanzas of English poet William Collins' The Passions.
often and silently come where you are]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf14.5 x 9 cm; On one leaf of white
The essay was reprinted with revisions as Death of William Cullen Bryant in Specimen Days in 1882.
the backing sheet's lower right corner is dated 1907 and indicates that he presented this item to William
theses]about 1856poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 16 cm pasted to 10.5 x 16 cm; On a small composite leaf of white
William White described the pages as "torn from a tall notebook" (Daybooks and Notebooks [New York: New
White noted a relationship between these pages and the poems Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
Written at the top of the manuscript is the note, "White Horse notes."
1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and 2 15 x 9.5 cm; leaf 3 6.5 x 9.5 cm; On three pieces of white
1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to 20 x 16 cm; A composite leaf consisting of two pieces of white
.00066xxx.00087[I saw in Louisiana a]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leaves15 x 9.5 cm; On two leaves of white
.00066xxx.00100[I dreamed in a dream of a]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf9.5 x 9 cm; On one leaf of white
]about 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf4.5 x 14.5 cm; These lines, appearing on a very small section of white
1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf 2 14.5 x 9 cm pasted to 5 x 9.5 cm; On two pieces of white
.00095xxx.00105[Here the frailest leaves of me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf15 x 9.5 cm; On one leaf of white
It consists of draft versions of the heading for William Douglas O'Connor's The Good Gray Poet (1866)
.00830[Going back far enough]1886prose1 leafhandwritten; A manuscript written by Whitman and sent to William
-51uva.00312xxx.00066xxx.00099[Earth]1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf14.5 x 9.5 cm; On one leaf of white
William White, in his edition of Whitman's Daybooks and Notebooks, noted a relationship between material
The poem mourns the death of Emperor William I of Germany on 9 March 1888, and the Herald of 10 March
O'Connor, pub'd posthumously in 1891, which appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), and in William Douglas
Williams" dated December 2, 1880. The poem was first published in 1881. A Clear Midnight
1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to 20 x 16 cm; On a composite leaf consisting of two pieces of white
; Written in ink on the back of a discarded letter (cancelled by a diagonal strike) from Talcott Williams
On the reverse of the manuscript is a note by William Sloane Kennedy. Camden - Phila
50-51uva.00310xxx.00066xxx.00083Calamus-Leaves1857-1859poetryhandwritten1 leaf15 x 9 cm; On white wove