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see also a letter Whitman writes to his niece, Jessie Louisa Whitman, on March 6, 1887: "Well I had my

see also a letter Whitman writes to his niece, Jessie Louisa Whitman, on March 6, 1887: "Well I had my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Sept: 14 '87 I am ab't as usual—have just had my dinner, a slice

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

I had my plan fixed up as I wanted it and left it with some three or four carpenters and got bids on

it. much to my astonishment I found that what I was supposed would cost at 11 or $1200 could not be done

I think that I have a good bargain in my lot if I can manage to hold on to it.

indirect approach by instructing his brother in a letter from March 18, 1863, thus: "Jeff, you must give my

The blow struck at Lee & the rebel sway in Virginia, & generally at Richmond & Jeff Davis, …is in my

Feb 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, Just a few lines in acknowledgment of your very kind and affectionate

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

comfortable, elderly couple to keep house for you was a good hearing—for "the old shanty" had risen before my

My poor article has so far been rejected by editors—so I have laid it by for a little, to come with a

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

I have been in Camden once or twice & should have called to see you but thought perhaps my coming would

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

annoyance & sometimes severe continued pain—Last night was kind of half and half—had some sleep—have had my

It was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

stupid as can be here—Capital massages tho' rough & rasping as I can stand like the ones ordered by my

criticism . . . after full retrospect of his works and life, the aforesaid 'odd-kind chiel' remains to my

It is postmarked: OT WEST UR WY ST ATN | PM | MY 15 | 89 | London; Ca | May | 1 | 6 AM | 1889 | Rec.

431 Stevens st Camden New Jersey Sunday afternoon Dec 31 '76 My dear Johnston Supposing you may receive

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

As I Lay with My Head in Your Lap Camerado

now, if he does not object, will draw up this check for the half of it: I'm obliged to be cautious: my

I do not like to write this way but I think you ought to know my candid opinion.

My dear Doctor:When I wrote you at Philadelphia I omitted to answer your question as to the existence

W. said: "My silence seemed to astonish her.

who is Clifford's friend has my respect."

W. added: "I sent away a number of the papers this evening—to Doctor, Kennedy, my sisters, brothers,

page is perfect—I cannot conceive anything finer—and the little notes (opening and closing) are (to my

Bucke.W. had pinned the original proof with his blue-pencilled corrections to my sheet.

I advised: Wait till we are sure: I will open the box and make my count in a day or two.

best friends—one who leans my way, who I in turn may lean upon."

W. lying on the bed when I came, but at once got up and with my assistance crossed the room to his chair

"Yes," W. nodded: "it was justified in him: I only hope my own titles will be justified in me."

Yet my heart turns to Sand: I regard her as the brightest woman ever born."

If anything went wrong I would get my stick and hobble down to the water."

I think of Emerson's 'why so hot, my little man?' That seems to me to apply—I adopt it.

During my employment of seven years or more in Washington after the war (1865-72) I regularly saved a

great part of my wages; and, though the sum has now become about exhausted by my expenses of the last

three years, there are already beginning at present welcome dribbles hitherward from the sales of my

And that is the way I should prefer to glean my support.

In that way I cheerfully accept all the aid my friends find it convenient to proffer.

What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand?

Good-Bye my Fancy [cluster in Complete Prose Works]

"Unstopp'd and unwarp'd by any influence outside the soul within me, I have had my say entirely my own

Let us quote the two poems entitled "Halcyon Days" and "Queries to my Seventieth Year."

My Montreal venture was a decided success. Mrs.

It was distinctly wrong of W.S.K. to allude in print to my T. letter—just shows that you can not trust

begin at once, no end of meter work which must be done, some pressing family affairs requiring a lot of my

Remarked, "How much the drop-light does for my eyes!" It was "an eye-saver, sure enough."

W. counsels me, "Give all of my friends there best remembrances, and give Brinton my special affection

At my suggestion that Longaker should have been over, he declared, "We do not need him.

But it observed my warning: "Don't become alarmist." And so did Ledger.

Saying, too, "My mind is too active: I wish it would rest. It is as active as 40 years ago."

This prevented my getting round to see either Ingersoll, Adler or Baker.

My heart would have taken me to Ingersoll's in evening.

I am glad to hear that W. seems better—that is at least so much against my gloomy foreboding.All quiet

I laughed at his suspicions and doubts, and he laughed too, though to say, "That is more and more my

disposition—to accept nothing till I see it with my own eyes, have it in the grip of my hands."

I had a roll of yellow paper (two quires) under my arm. Opened it—he was much tickled.

Had "examined the Gérôme picture more at my leisure: what a grand expanse—hill, sky!

As to Bush's impatience with New York city life: "I do not know—that would not be my view of it.

My dear Mr.

you or think of you, I feel once more the cool never to be forgotten breeze of a boundless prairie; my

respire more easily I feel perhaps freer for the time & less material & then again I feel that I hold in my

Oct. '88 My dear Walt Whitman, Your card was welcomed the other day; but I was sorry it did not give

I suppose these late weeks here have been the happiest of my life,—in the sense of physical delight at

Every day I gather in this way some new association to add to my store; & all the while I am picking

T O Walt Whitman 24 May 18 90 Greeting, my dear Poet, for your 71 st birthday—now so close at hand,—greeting

I trust the new year's voyage will at least be less painful,—free from such vexations as that of my Lady

Later when I got back here to my rooms, & read your reference to the slips again, I realised that if

My Dearest Friend: I feel as if I didn't a bit deserve the glorious budget you sent me yesterday, for

live amongst anywhere in the world—and in this respect it has been good to give up having a home of my

outdoor life & the entirely simple, unpretending, cordial, friendly ways of Concord & its inhabitants won my

Ferry" in her novel Alexander's Bridge (1912), to Whitman's doctrine of the "open road" in her novel My

"The Doctrine of the Open Road in My Ántonia." Approaches to Teaching Cather's "My Ántonia." Ed.

In my hand an astonishing document—notice from Providence of the marriage of Mrs.

To my questions as to pain he said he did not have any.

On my good-bye he pressed my hand ardently. "You will go on the water-bed tonight."

My heart stood almost still.

My heart was relieved. Home, then, and sleep. Thursday, March 24, 1892

Good-Bye my Fancy [second annex to Leaves of Grass (1891-92)]

My wife, Wendy Katz, is my best reader.

son and my comrade, dropt at my side that day, One look I but gave, which your dear eyes return’d, with

, not a word; Vigil of silence, love and death—vigil for you, my son and my soldier, As onward silently

Rice I send her my best love & respects—I send my love to Horace, also to Charles & Mrs Clare—I would

It is the book I had in my carpet bag and burst a bottle of wine over in one of my trips to the army

Then to my questions, answered, "Yes—since you were here I have been reasonably well—as well as I have

I expressed my liking for a translation not so literal—one more bathed in the spirit—and W. said—"I see—I

W. however—"No—I should prefer to give him a little token—say the McKay picture, with my name on it—wouldn't

I must have an envelope for my pictures—a good strong capacious white envelope—capacious, for the pictures

deprecating remark, "Look out—you fellows"—laughingly—"Carnegie paid a handsome price for a seat at my

The eyes would be my main criticism."

"I don't remember, I only remember my impression: there seemed something awry, not just as I felt for

Do not print for the present: that would be my counsel."

The recurrence this night sent something of a pang to my heart, yet gladness too.

But I made him promise not to engage passage without my knowledge.

Will write to Staffords myself & enclose facsimiles.I cannot write much tonight, though it is my last

think of Walt & to realize his condition all the time.It is a long, heavy, terrible strain for you, my

But I cannot overstep my limitations & circumstances. It is as foolish as vain to seek to do so.

I trust that you both realize that I give you from my heart what you have so nobly won, & steadfastly

My eyes filled with tears. I kissed his hands—his eyes opened an instant—looked me ineffable love.

constituted Ralph Moore with power to watch the constructive details, he assumed the power to set me my

In my postal card reply to you I suggested the following Friday at this office, and not hearing from

My own counsel would be, don't tone down or up: let go—give way to the spirit—it must come up right in

He has not seen my manuscript. Wonders if I can let him have a glimpse of the proof?

My question would be, where is the poetry anyway? I do not see it—not a glimpse of it.

I seem to be holding my own."

I am more nervous than my friends understand."

After they were finished, he remarked, "I feel none the worse for the ordeal except for my left leg:

that is the side of my paralysis.

I was depressed—I had not vim enough to lift my hand. I have eaten solids.

(Which I did—having first kissed him—then for the rest of the time of my stay held his hand in my own

W.: "Yes, that is my wish." H.L.T.: "Then I should open the mail?" W.: "Yes, boy—if you will.

W.: "Let him have it—yes, have it—send it, along with my regards: you will find a bundle of the books

And if things cross my mind any time, I will say something to somebody here, so they are not forgotten

His eyes were shut most of the time, though now and then they partly opened as if to catch my face as

"It is a struggle—has been a damnable day—horrible—one of my worst." Looked bad.

W. then, "But I don't feel well—feel the worst—my damnablest."

When Horace showed me his make from the notes, I drew my blue pencil through it, by way of suggestion

Morris exclaims, "My! How I have enjoyed all this!

Give Nellie my dear love. Tell her about me." Morris had put this in today's Bulletin.

He does not answer my letter directed to him at Salem, and I do not know where he is to be found.

I shall send all the evidence in my power, if any more is found.

The furnishing of professional defence went to the very verge of what I understand to be my authority

To go further, and pay costs out of any funds under my control, seems to me unauthorized.

"I suppose I'll see some of the posters in my wanderings," he said.

I received following letter from Baker today:New York, Oct. 9, 1890 My dear Traubel:Enclosed find proof

All my boyhood dreams seemed to rise in reproach to the fact.

The water "falling like a veil before my (his) face," etc.I wrote W. in early morning, but no time or

My father had asked for the latter but I would not leave it with him, regardful of my promise to W.

I got a Lippincott, and was a little dismayed to find my rather disparaging remarks quoted, until I noticed

It confirms my own and Williams' idea of the footnote. Mrs.

As to "formalistic literariness," as W. terms it (in reply to my remark, "It has not all died out yet

After further talk W. said, "The sculptor was here today—took a cast of my hand." Which one?

COURAGE yet, my brother or my sister!

COURAGE yet, my brother or my sister!

I are very thick—then there are two grown daughters—the eldest one is a first class trump , she is my

so that we can have some good times together on land or water—I used to think of having a shanty of my