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of these states that they are to hold sway over physical objects, over armies, navies, wealth, population

Hudson's 'Thoughts on Reading,' American Whig Review, 1 (May 1845), 483–496, which he clipped and annotated

Hudson's 'Thoughts on Reading,' American Whig Review, 1 (May 1845), 483–496, which he clipped and annotated

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

A note about an editorial on "American Expansion and Settlement Inland" is written on the back of this

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

Notebook (1861–1862).; Transcribed from digital images of the original.; A note about an editorial on "American

After changing my boarding house, Jef. and I were, take it altogether, pretty comfortable.

The arrangements of the office were in this wise: I generally went about my work about 9 o'clock, overhauling

Reeder, (an amiable-hearted young man, but excessively intemperate) was the "city news" man; (poor Reeder

to speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it seems likely that parts of it were

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78. 1848 New Orleans

to speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it seems likely that parts of it were

Emory Holloway (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:77–78.

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

. — If Though I were opposed by what I felt the science linguists and lore of the whole earth deny what

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; This is a draft of a poem unpublished in

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; Transcribed from digital images of the original

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

) No lurid fame exceptional, nor monstrous intellect, nor conquest's domination;) Through teeming cities

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:134; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:134; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

tropes, likenesses, piano music, and smooth rhymes — nor of This manuscript probably dates to the early 1860s

the leaf (duk.00795), which contains draft lines that contributed to poems first published in the 1860

these years I sing...]" and to "Apostroph," the opening section of "Chants Democratic and Native American

Both poems first appeared in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass. America needs her own poems

This manuscript probably dates to the early 1860s, as it appears to have been inscribed after the writing

the leaf (duk.00795), which contains draft lines that contributed to poems first published in the 1860

these years I sing...]" and to "Apostroph," the opening section of "Chants Democratic and Native American

Both poems first appeared in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass.

20 American air I have breathed, breathe henceforth also of me, American ground that supports me, I will

See "Remembrances I plant American ground with" and "A Remembrance."

American air I have breathed

See "Remembrances I plant American ground with" and "A Remembrance.

1 American literature must become distinct from all others.

—American writers of must become national, idiomatic, free from the genteel laws— America herself appears

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

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

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

The lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song of Myself."

The lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song of Myself.

The notes were revised and incorporated into the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song

The notes were revised and incorporated into the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song

"; The lines in this manuscript were revised and included in the first poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves

The first lines of the notebook poem were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American

settlements, log houses, hunters, Its ships, fisheries, whaling, gold‑digging are you and me, paved cities

The lines "It's ships, whaling, gold-digging are you and me, / Its paved cities, wharves, wealth, avenues

, dwellings, are you and me," and "The north, south, east, west, are you and me" were used, greatly altered

depart— but we remain But we do not never depart This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s

This manuscript was probably written in the 1850s or 1860s.

.— CWB M-XVIII This manuscript was probably written between 1856 and 1860, when Whitman was working on

This manuscript was probably written between 1856 and 1860, when Whitman was working on the poems for

cold—as the soiledness of animals and the bareness of vegetables and minerals No more than these th were

possibility that Whitman drafted this manuscript in the early 1850s, as he was composing the poems that were

possibility that Whitman drafted this manuscript in the early 1850s, as he was composing the poems that were

Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One

.; Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in

Two entries for "George Fitch" are listed in the New York City directory for 1855–56.

Grier postulates that "the three young men mentioned here were probably itinerant omnibus drivers" (Notebooks

Two entries for "George Fitch" are listed in the New York City directory for 1855–56.

Grier postulates that "the three young men mentioned here were probably itinerant omnibus drivers" (Notebooks

in the upper right corner, perhaps indicating that Whitman was considering a title similar to the 1860

before the poem was first published in 1855, unless this is in fact a reworking of the section for the 1860

in the upper right corner, perhaps indicating that Whitman was considering a title similar to the 1860

before the poem was first published in 1855, unless this is in fact a reworking of the section for the 1860

been suggested that this is Nathaniel Bloom, a member of [Whitman]'s circle of friends in the early 1860s

Bloom, carman,' as listed in the [New York City] directories for 1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished

been suggested that this is Nathaniel Bloom, a member of [Whitman]'s circle of friends in the early 1860s

Bloom, carman,' as listed in the [New York City] directories for 1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished

freedom of our own personal flesh, on our own sovereign, s independent soil, and assure us as if there were

think it would be best not at all to bother with arguments against the foreign models, or to help American

models—but just go on supplying American models Not to blaat constantly for Native American models,

—The best way to promulge Native American models and literature, is to supply such forcible and s p u

The cancelled lines on the back of this manuscript leaf were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass

.; The cancelled lines on the back of this manuscript leaf were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of

Calamus 18. p 363 City of my walks and joys!

City whom that I have lived and sung there will one day make you illustrious!

little you h You city : what do y you repay me for my daily walks joys Not these your crowded rows of

On the back of this leaf is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass

City of my walks and joys

This manuscript is a draft of the poem first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number

18 in the "Calamus" cluster and ultimately entitled "City of Orgies."

manuscript was probably written in the late 1850s.; This is a draft of the poem first published in the 1860

edition of Leaves of Grass as number 18 in the "Calamus" cluster and ultimately entitled "City of Orgies

digital images of the original.; On the back of this leaf is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860

A City Walk: 2 V Just a list of all that is seen in a walk through the streets of Brooklyn & New York

The heading of this manuscript reads "A City Walk," which may be suggestive of the tentative title "City

and Joys," the name Whitman originally assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

A City Walk

The heading of this manuscript reads "A City Walk," which may be suggestive of the tentative title "City

and Joys," the name Whitman originally assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City

Describing the death of nine seven brothers and their parents——who can say that those who were least

Or that those were luckiest who made the most wealth, and lived the longest stretch of mortality?

On the back of this leaf are poetic lines that were used in revised form in the 1855 edition of Leaves

.; On the back of this leaf are poetic lines that were used in revised form in the 1855 edition of Leaves

when they reach one rod from the stoop, and st ood anding in the storm, of not one sound could they were

Whitman marked this line in an article published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review ("Translators

of Homer," American Whig Review 4, no. 1 [July 1846]: 364).

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

Whitman marked this line in an article published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review ("Translators

of Homer," American Whig Review 4, no. 1 [July 1846]: 364).

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

structure, the manuscript most closely resembles lines 39–43 in "Debris," a poem published in the 1860

structure, the manuscript most closely resembles lines 39–43 in "Debris," a poem published in the 1860

structure of this manuscript most closely resemble lines 39-43 in "Debris," a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it is possible that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

Gibson, an American adventurer (Walt Whitman, Selected Poems, 1855–1892, ed.

Martin's Griffin, 1999], 488; Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Gibson, an American adventurer (Walt Whitman, Selected Poems, 1855–1892, ed.

Martin's Griffin, 1999], 488; Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

& Divides Austria from Italy Tiber, Papal states Arno, Tuscany —Dnieper —Volga —Ural inland lakes Cities

Dresden 85,000 Saxony, Hanover, 40,000 Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

were included in "Poem of Salutation" in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass, suggesting that this manuscript

Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities were included in "Poem of Salutation

Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.; Many of the items from this list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

were included in "Poem of Salutation" in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass.

In the 1860 edition of Leaves, and in all subsequent editions, the poem was titled "Salut Au Monde!"

manuscript also resemble lines 39–43 in the untitled fourteenth poem of the "Debris" cluster of the 1860

manuscript also resemble lines 39–43 in the untitled fourteenth poem of the "Debris" cluster of the 1860

the last few lines of this manuscript resemble lines 39-43 in "Debris," a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

Alden of Harper's (they were rejected).

The poems were never published in the order outlined in the manuscript.

Alden of Harper's (they were rejected).

The poems were never published in the order outlined in the manuscript.; Many of the poems listed belong

"After the Supper and Talk" and "You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me" were both published first in Lippincott's

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

It seems he also considered giving that title to the cluster of poems in the 1860 edition that was eventually

of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part 2, Garland Publishing, 1993; Primary Source Media's Major American

It seems he also considered giving that title to the cluster of poems in the 1860 edition that was eventually

of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1, part 2, Garland Publishing, 1993; Primary Source Media's Major American

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

oratory and goal of becoming a lecturer in the 1850s, though he also maintained these interests in the 1860s

June 9, 1863: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

Sarah Hudson Rock City Falls, Saratoga co New York Member of co K 51st New York in Carver Hospital—lost

The rest of the contents were probably written either between or around those dates.

The rest of the contents were probably written either between or around those dates.; Transcribed from

Versions of these cancelled and fragmentary lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually

Versions of these cancelled and fragmentary lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually

Some of the revisions, particularly those in blue pencil, were quite possibly made after that date.

Some of the revisions, particularly those in blue pencil, were quite possibly made after that date.;

The genuine miracles of Christ were such miracles as can always be produced.

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

In the 1860 edition, the line reads, "O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human

—If they were repulsive nd brave he inscribed these monuments This manuscript is an adaptation of notes

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

Both manuscripts were probably written shortly before or early in 1855, though the notes on the backing

show the continuation of the text on both paste-ons with text on the notebook leaves from which they were

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

Both manuscripts were probably written shortly before or early in 1855, though the notes on the backing

sheet to which they have been pasted may have been written at a later date.; These notes were probably

show the continuation of the text on both paste-ons with text on the notebook leaves from which they were

Both manuscript drafts were probably originally continuous with manuscript drafts on another leaf, from

"; Both manuscript drafts were probably originally continuous with manuscript drafts on another leaf,