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spell—Ab't as usual with me—No sight of Rhys yet—the artist Eakin of Phila: comes off & on painting my
yet printed, 7) of his "American Literature" in wh' I appear (with good wood-eng[raving] portrait) —My
of last Critic here—also send the little slips of the poem here, unless already sent —I like to see my
better dont come till you can walk good and without injury to your getting fully recovered good bie my
feeling comfortable & hearty—took quite a drive yesterday afternoon & out to supper in the evening to my
—Had a good supper, oysters & champagne, at my friends the Harneds in the evn'g—I only eat two meals
Camden April 11 '89 Splendid sunny perfect weather here—I sit with my window open—friendly notices from
proof reading, big house)— Dull times with me—constipation & inertia at the fore, & both big—have had my
Things with me abt same—I sit here in my big chair alone most of the time, as ever, same old monotonous
. & at better presentation, picture &c. than you might fancy) —Am still under my "cold in the head" misery
Arnold & others here yesterday—all went well—A is being recepted here finely—he is evidently one of my
My address: 231 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, Ill.
letters rec'd this evng—thanks—the doctor has just been in—thinks I am getting along fairly—have had my
moment at the highest of the tempest gale there —we have got the international copyright law pass'd here—my
uses to send about this country & to Europe) 100 printed impressions (the whole stuff) of the poems & my
I am very anxious to hear something of the whereabouts of my Capt I have written several times and as
am glad you refused the letters for publication—They were strictly private Walt Whitman Don't forget my
March 19 Think I am getting round to my former state—(Still some bad spells)—go out when the weather
Camden NJ—U S America Aug: 11 noon '91 A line at any rate to say I hold out yet—(this is my 10th missive
binder, but expect them every day—Sunny cold weather—very bad physical cond'n night & day—still eat my
Dear Sir, I am delighted to please you in so trifling a matter as signing the pictures for your—and my—English
probably will not any more—as I am ill from breaking out of old war-paralysis—I return the check & take my
—therefore leave my works, And go lull yourself with what you can understand; For I lull nobody—and you
Botta, My dear Madam, In answer to your request of some days since, I send you the MS. of a small piece
Browning has just been here & says you wish something more specific & defined in my relations and pay
"I didn't say smash, Maurice: I only said I felt it in my bones that you'd never be tested."
Why, I felt as if he was kicking my ass out of the house!"
Then he added: "There are some of my friends who are determined that I shall not be represented as a
I must not wait any longer now, though there is a fog outside and a fog or something of the sort in my
For my own sake, as well as yours, I wish it were!
.— "Thou seest all things—thou wilt see my grave, Thou wilt renew thy beauty, morn by morn; I, earth
How can my nature longer mix with thine?
Coldly thy rosy shadows bathe me, cold Are all thy lights, and cold my wrinkled feet Upon thy glimmering
My first glimpse of Whitman was under such circumstances that I could not easily forget him.
As I sat listening to the arguments of Andrew and Sewall in my behalf, and of Woodbury against them,
Brooklyn 25 Nov '68 N ovem 25 My dear Walter i received your letter to day wensday Wednesday and the
She wrote: "I am so anxious about my hand I fear I shall lose my thumb I cant see it gets & feels or
Leese's recommendations for the office of Marshal. 4th; My acceptance of Mr.
of your friend Hatcher to the notice of the President to-day, & that he gave a favorable response to my
Howell, & Rice, to which you called my attention. Very respectfully, A. T.
acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst. and its enclosures, in response to my
Dear Sir: I return with my thanks the letter of the Attorney General to the Postmaster General of the
I should be glad to comply with his request for a detective, but the fund at my command for detective
return herewith the papers transmitted to me with your letter of the 7th of April last, requesting my
Annual Report of your Department on the state of the finances for 1870, for which be pleased to accept my
My Spirit sped back to
Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my
; And it seems to me if I could know those men, I should become attached to them, as I do to men in my
you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible; Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my
dialects, And it seems to me if I could know those men I should become attached to them as I do to men in my
When you read these I that was visible am become invisible, Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my
States awhile, but I cannot tell whither or how long, Perhaps soon some day or night while I am singing my
States awhile, but I cannot tell whither or how long, Perhaps soon some day or night while I am singing my
More evolutionary, vast, puzzling, O my soul! More multiform far—more lasting thou than they.
dialects, And it seems to me if I could know those men I should become attached to them as I do to men in my
When you read these I that was visible am become invisible, Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my
Bergen, of my bill for advertising, ($50) which was presented two weeks ago, and referred to Com. on
feeling it—H G. is here painting—Morse is here—I shall send you the copy of S D soon—Have just had my
March 25, 188 3 Walt Whitman My old time friend Do you ever think of the boy that you found sick in the