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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,

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

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,

Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.

.; ✓; Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.; On the

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

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

7 The money value of real and personal property estate in New York city is somewhere between five hundred

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

On the back of this note is a manuscript fragment with several lines of prose that were included, with

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

"; 7; On the back of this note is a manuscript fragment with several lines of prose that were included

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

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

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

"; This manuscript fragment features several lines of prose that were included, with slightly revised

fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem "Unnamed Lands," first published in the 1860

fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem "Unnamed Lands," first published in the 1860

grabbing the good dishes exclusively to himself , . and grinning at the starvation of others, as if it were

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

Lines similar to the last several in this manuscript were also reworked in the notebook "Talbot Wilson

Lines similar to the last several in this manuscript were also reworked in the notebook "Talbot Wilson

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.

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

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 several lines of the poem were published in 1880 as "My Picture-Gallery.

manuscript are similar in idea to lines in the poem "To One Shortly to Die," first published in the 1860

manuscript are similar in idea to lines in the poem "To One Shortly to Die," first published in the 1860

Whatever I say of myself, you shall apply to yourself If you do not, it is were time lost listening to

eventually titled "Song of Myself": "All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, / Else it were

; He complains with sarcastic voice of my lagging I feel apt to clip it, and go; I am W W— — the American

Lines from the manuscript were included in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song of

Lines from the manuscript were included in the first poem in that edition, eventually titled "Song of

, which appeared in the poem that eventually would be titled "Song of Myself": "Walt Whitman, an American

81. were paid for with a steamship s or , or would come cheap.— I am not stuck up for these reasons;

Additional poetic lines are drafted on the back of this manuscript leaf. were paid for with steamships

Schiller, had fulfilled their tasks and gone to other spheres; and all that remained with few exceptions, were

They stand, as it were, on clear mountains of intellectual elevation, and with keenest perception discern

He wears strange garb, cut and made by himself, as gracefully as a South American cavalier his poncho

A portion of that thought which broods over the American nation, is here seized and bodied forth by a

bibliographical data is missing; reprinted in Whitman, Leaves of Grass Imprints(Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860

bibliographical data is missing; reprinted in Whitman, Leaves of Grass Imprints(Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860

If I were to suspect death, I should die now.

I knew a man…he was a common farmer… he was the father of five sons…and in them were the fathers of sons

…and in them were the fathers of sons.

and visit him to see…He was wise also, He was six feet tall…he was over eighty years old…his sons were

publisher's name, and, if the reader goes to a bookstore for it, he may expect to be told at first, as we were

Walter Whitman, an American,—one of the roughs,—no sentimentalist,—no stander above men and women, or

seem to meabout 1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf13 cm x 11.5 cm; This manuscript is a draft of lines that were

published in Chants Democratic, number 13, in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

however, the lines on this manuscript are a draft of the section of the poem that was deleted after the 1860

share common ideas expressed throughout Leaves of Grass, especially in many of the new poems to the 1860

On the verso, in blue pencil, appears a note, reading "Drum Taps—City of Ships" which appears to be in

This may indeed have been a draft of the poem City of Ships, which first appeared in 1865 as part of

of references to the Civil War indicate that it was inscribed prior to the publication of the the 1860

partial draft of the poem eventually known as A Broadway Pageant, first published in the June 27, 1860

Bride]1856 or laterpoetryprintedhandwritten1 leaf; A clipping of an article entitled "The Indian in American

Related to Them, with a piece of paper pasted to the bottom containing an idea for a poem about Native Americans

edition of Leaves of Grass this and another poem, which had been included in every edition since 1855, were

duk.00035xxx.00610MS 13The American people ever1856prose2 leaveshandwritten; A manuscript about the California

The American people ever

appear in section 6 of the final version ofStarting from Paumanok, first published as Proto-Leaf in the 1860

the scrap (particularly the final portion of the second leaf) found their way into Whitman's essay American

National Literature, which appeared in the North American Review in March 1891, under the title Have

It was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), under the title American National Literature before

revised draft of a poem first published as Longings For Home in Southern Literary Messenger (July 1860

) and Leaves of Grass (1860–61).

city stands.

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Canada, Arkansas?

I loved well those cities, I loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

From the American Phrenological Journal. AN ENGLISH AND AN AMERICAN POET. LEAVES OF GRASS.

seemed the sterile and stingy nature, as if too much handiwork, or too much lymph in the temperament, were

I rubbed my eyes a little, to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book is

have set for myself to do, to meet people and The States face to face, to confront them with an American

Their shadows are projected in employments, in books, in the cities, in trade; their feet are on the

The instincts of the American people are all perfect, and tend to make heroes.

First-rate American persons are to be supplied.

There are Thirty-Two States sketched—the population thirty millions.

WE have before us one of the most extraordinary specimens of Yankee intelligence and American eccentricity

indelibly fix it and publish it, not for a model but an illustration, for the present and future of American

letters and American young men, for the south the same as the north, and for the Pacific and Mississippi

Of pure American breed, large and lusty—age thirty-six years, (1855,)—never once using medicine—never

, had fulfilled their tasks and gone to other spheres; and all that remained, with few exceptions, were

They stand, as it were, on clear mountains of intellectual elevation, and with keenest perception discern

He wears his strange garb, cut and made by himself, as gracefully as a South American cavalier his poncho

A portion of that thought, which broods over the American nation, is here seized and bodied forth by

does not prevail throughout the volume, for we learn on p. 29, that our poet is "Walt Whitman, an American

That he was an American, we knew before, for, aside from America, there is no quarter of the universe

he was one of the roughs was also tolerably plain; but that he was a kosmos, is a piece of news we were

Leaves of Grass (1856) From the American Phrenological Journal. AN ENGLISH AND AN AMERICAN POET.

Thus what very properly fits a subject of the British crown may fit very ill an American freeman.

Sure as the heavens envelop the earth, if the Americans want a race of bards worthy of 1855, and of the

Poetry, to Tennyson and his British and American eleves, is a gentleman of the first degree, boating,

Do you think city and country are to fall before the vehement egotism of your recitative of yourself?

the name of this erratic and newest wonder; but at page 29 we find that he is — Walt Whitman, an American

The words "an American" are a surplusage, "one of the roughs" too painfully apparent; but what is intended

unless it means a man who thinks that the fine essence of poetry consists in writing a book which an American

The chance of this might be formidable were it not ridiculous.

The American critics are, in the main, pleased with this man because he is self-reliant, and because

Emerson in the printed letter sent to us—"I rubbed my eyes a little, to see if this sunbeam were no illusion

No illusion truly is Walt Whitman, the new American prodigy, who, as he is himself candid enough to intimate

On the other hand, according to an American review that flatters Walt Whitman, this kosmos is "a compound

maddened by this course of reading, and fancying himself not only an Emerson but a Carlyle and an American

Does he mention the American country, he feels bound thereupon to draw up a list of barns, waggons, wilds

Here our latter-day poets are apt to whine over the times, as if heaven were perpetually betraying the

the most amazing, one of the most startling, one of the most perplexing creations of the modern American

We were attracted by the very singular title of the work, to seek the work itself, and what we thought

Criterion says: "It is impossible to imagine how any man's fancy could have conceived it, unless he were

Poem of Walt Whitman, an American. 1 — Poem of Walt Whitman, an American.

I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk

If nothing lay more developed, the quahaug in its callous shell were enough.

if our colors were struck and the fighting done?

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?

see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth, I see them welding state to state, county to county, city

to city, through North America, I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Eu- rope Europe , I see them

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself a part of them, I am a real Londoner, Parisian, Viennese

ward northward in Christiana or Stockholm—or in some street in Iceland, I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I penetrate those cities myself, All islands to which birds

Were all educations practical and ornamental well displayed out of me, what would it amount to?

6 Were I as the head teacher, charitable proprietor, wise statesman, what would it amount to?

Were I to you as the boss employing and paying you, would that satisfy you?

, the bins, mangers, mows, racks, Manufactures, commerce, engineering, the build- ing building of cities

, the trottoirs of a city when thousands of well-dressed people walk up and down, The cotton, woolen,

the greatest city in the whole world.

Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards, Where the city stands that is beloved

city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the greatest

city stands.

Were those your vast and solid?