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people and The States face to face, to confront them with an American rude tongue; but the work of my

A few years, and the average annual call for my Poems is ten or twenty thousand copies—more, quite likely

It is all as well done, in my opinion, as could be practicable. Each element here is in condition.

out the lines, build cities, work mines, break up farms; it is yours to have been the original true Captain

Sept 1891 Dear Walt, A line or two—if only to pierce the distance between us, & to convey my constant

My friends, of course, are interested in all my doings here, & I shall have to report pretty fully on

my return.

Perhaps my main hope, in connection with my trip, is that I may be able to make a better return for all

D has some visitors tonight, so I write this (& me to H.T. ) in my room— room.

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

also f'm Rhys —have had a good currying bout—I sometimes fancy I get the vitalest ones I ever had f'm my

visitors—no book sales—suppose you got a bundle of circulars just sent—have just rec'd the news of my

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

Sheets.loc.00340xxx.00384My 71st Yearabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf11.5 x 15 cm; Proof sheet of My

My 71st Year was first published in 1889. My 71st Year

Sheets.loc.02503xxx.00384My 71st Yearabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf11.5 x 15 cm; Proof sheet of My

My 71st Year was first published in 1889. My 71st Year

Sheets.loc.02504xxx.00384My 71st Yearabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf11.5 x 15 cm; Proof sheet of My

My 71st Year was first published in 1889. My 71st Year

.00096xxx.00661My Own Poemsundatedpoetryhandwritten1 leaf25.5 x 12.5 cm; Rough draft of a poem entitled My

This draft was published posthumously as My Own Poems. My Own Poems

London 26 Feb 1874 My dearest Friend Glad am I when the time comes round for writing to you again—though

I can't please myself with my letters, poor little echoes that they are of the loving, hoping, far journeying

Today (Feb. 25th) is my birthday dearest Friend—a day my children always make very bright & happy to

I can bide my time,—a long long growing & unfolding time.

That is because it is the under current of my whole life.

Singing Thrush" (March 15, 1873; later called "Wandering at Morn"), "Spain" (March 24, 1873), "Sea Captains

John Frederick Schiller Gray was a captain in the Twentieth New York Infantry and later held the same

my best as for a purpose, Unbuttoning my clothes and holding me by the bare waist, Deluding my confusion

My Soul!

We closed with him . . . . the yards entangled . . . . the cannon touched, My captain lashed fast with

I laughed content when I heard the voice of my little captain, We have not struck, he composedly cried

Come my children, Come my boys and girls, and my women and household and intimates, Now the performer

President Lincoln's Funeral Hymn O Captain! My Captain! (for the Death of Lincoln) Pioneers!

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! (F OR THE EATH OF INCOLN CAPTAIN ! my Captain! our fearful trip is done!

Leave you not the little spot Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain!

my Captain! rise up and hear the bells! Rise up!

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still: My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse

.; ∗ The reader will share my wish that Whitman had written sanctus spiritus, which is right, instead

The recherché or ethereal sense of the term, as used in my book, arises probably from the actual Calamus

.; Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; "Old Age Echoes" was the title given to a collection of four

poems first published in Lippincott's Magazine: Sounds of the WinterReprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (

The Unexpress'dReprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).

Sail Out for Good, Eidólon YachtReprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).

After the ArgumentReprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).; Reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).

earth, she cried—I charge you, lose not my sons!

’d; And you trees, down in your roots, to bequeath to all future trees, My dead absorb—my young men’s

coffin that slowly passes, I give you my sprig of lilac.

And how shall I deck my song for the large sweet soul that has gone?

And what shall my perfume be, for the grave of him I love?

"Song of my Cid" is an epic poem of the mid-12th century and the earliest surviving work of Spanish literature

Review Eng. wherein I read the piece by W m Sharp on Amer National Literature —nothing deep —my Bolton

have been speaking and all others whom you may know though I do not, that words fail me to express my

Houghton, Mifflin, 1892), for which Whitman wrote the Preface (which he later included in Good-Bye My

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

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

she died before his return he thought you had forgotten him or you would have sent him a few lines my

his April 16, 1860 letter to Walt Whitman requested a copy of James Redpath's The Public Life of Captain

Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman had requested a copy of James Redpath's The Public Life of Captain John

with me here, but I guess every thing going with me me fairly considering —Am sitting here alone in my

den by the oak-wood fire alone as usual—my sailor boy is off to the dentist, for a long bad job with

Whitman I think it must have been my guardian angel that gave thee the "impalpable nudge" to write to

I am worse & not better, & now I have to go off for I don't know how long to the Pyrennees, leaving my

My road has seemed so shut up—I am laid aside in the midst of all the work I care for—fit for nothing—and

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

wensday Wednesday morning My dear Walt i have just got your letter with the shinplasters dident didn't

you get my letter when mary was here saying i got the other there is no letters miscarries that is directed

here i think i have had another attack of the rheumatism but not much in my hands so i can use them

but in my neck and shoulders i had not A very good night last night but am better this morning i am in

here the same morning he returnd returned poor man he said you was very kind to him indeed good bie my

In his April 19, 1863 letter from Winchester, Kentucky, Greenback wrote, "Captain Whitman is ordered

The pseudonym "Greenback" may be a pun: Captain Whitman, the one sending the greenbacks (dollars) to

knew all about his arrival at Anapolis Annapolis i saw his name in the times with 500 others arrived) my

brother George Washington Whitman had been exchanged, at least as of his February 27, 1865 letter to Captain

Grose's membership in the Surrey regiment earned him the title of captain in 1766, which he adopted as

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

Sheets.loc.02505xxx.00384My 71st Yearabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf11.5 x 15 cm; Proof sheet of My

My 71st Year was first published in 1889. My 71st Year

my respects.

my respects.

My Soul!

We closed with him . . . . the yards entangled . . . . the cannon touched, My captain lashed fast with

I laughed content when I heard the voice of my little captain, We have not struck, he composedly cried

eventually titled "Song of Myself": "The boatmen and clamdiggers arose early and stopped for me, / I tucked my

trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time."

and wicked" may relate to the following line, which occurs later in the same poem: "Ever myself and my

eventually titled "Song of Myself": "The boatmen and clamdiggers arose early and stopped for me, / I tucked my

trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time."

and wicked" may relate to the following line, which occurs later in the same poem: "Ever myself and my

trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time" (1855, p. 18).

and wicked" may relate to the following line, which occurs later in the same poem: "Ever myself and my

Kennedy is referring to the proofs for Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was Whitman's last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short prose works

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Sunset Breeze," which was first published in Lippincott's in December 1890 and reprinted in Good-Bye My

three winters to be articulate child Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in "Who Learns My

Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?

appeared in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, in a poem that would eventually be entitled "Who Learns My

: "I know it is wonderful . . . . but my eyesight is equally wonderful . . . . and how I was conceived

in my mother's womb is equally wonderful, / And how I was not palpable once but am now . . . . and was

. & skips the poor points—I wish the writer of the notice to have this card, with my best gratitude.

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Since Good–bye My Fancy was widely reviewed at this time, it is almost impossible to determine which

The deeplyfeltemotionwith which "My Captain" is readinvariablybringstears ttheeyes ofhearers.] 14 MEMORIES

, My Captain," a of "Bravo, " (encouraged by gentle-kindly ejaculation bravo !

he " I do then with friends as I do your says, my with my books.

My lifend my wealth,yea, allthatismine, be ransom againstTime's wrong forthose who showed true my forecast

Not that tinkling rhymes Captain my Captain this, too, isnot beautiful and pathetic ; but it jars slightly

My husband, John, has been as supportive in this as in all my ventures.

It includes the metered (atypical for Whit man) "0 Captain! My Captain!"

My Captain!" appears in the Sat urdayPress. 16 NOVEMBER.

After the lecture he is presented with a bouquet of lilacs and then reads "0 Captain! My Captain!"

My Captain," 70, Mask," 109 71, 54 "Out of May's Shows Se "O d e.- By Walter Whit lected,"161 "Out of

as my body did its food.

It strengthened my faith, and very curiously wrought upon and contributed to my sense of self, my personality

And again: "My comrade!

O my rapt song, my charm—mock me not!

When it was concluded he added O Captain, My Captain ,and a few other pieces, and joining them to the

328 Mickle Street Camden N J July 10 Noon My dear J R By an announcement in the Phil: Press this morning

I suppose you have used my "How I made a Book" &c for the newspaper syndicate—All right.

somewhat concerned ab't is that I have not seen the proof (which is always an important point with me)—& my

This article, with "A Backward Glance on My Own Road," "How Leaves of Grass Was Made," and "My Book and

dusty—we need rain, & will probably soon have it— Stedman is mad over that Japanee's item in the Herald of my

enc: card rec'd from Mrs: O'C[onnor] to day —New ed'n of L of G. progressing—Horace was here to-day—My

On April 25, 1889, the New-York Tribune reported that Captain Hamilton Murrell of the steamship Missouri

I have to-day forwarded by mail in two parcels (same address as this card) my two volumes new edition

In a letter to Whitman on March 1, 1877, Carpenter wrote: "Your two volumes with my name written in them

are my faithful companions."

"But my 'Good-Bye' is probably my last bit of writing.

"Some of my friends feel—Dr.

My poems do not discuss special themes and are short. And, anyhow, that is my method.

He enquired what my programme was for the rest of my jaunt.

W. read it, and then said to me: "My best friends are women. They are my best friends.

.; Reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891). Transcription not currently available.

Whitman Archive has not yet verified publication information for this poem.; Reprinted in Good-bye My

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

.; Reprinted under the new title "To the Pending Year" in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Reprinted in Good-Bye

My Fancy (1891).

with George Washington Whitman in the Fifty-first New York Volunteers, and he rose to the rank of captain

Mason who "used to be in my party on the Water Works" in his February 10, 1863 to Walt Whitman.

leafhandwritten; This is an unsigned draft of Grand Is the Seen, a poem first published in Good-Bye My

Good-Bye My Fancy was then included as the second annex to the Deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891

27From My Last Years (1876).

A.MS. draft.loc.00199xxx.00494From My Last Yearsabout 1876poetryhandwritten1 leaf23.75 x 13.75 cm; A

draft of From My Last Years written in ink on a sheet of stationery, with three lines crossed out with

From My Last Years was published only once, in Two Rivulets, 1876. From My Last Years

INSANE ASYLUM LONDON ONTARIO 31 March 18 91 re "Goodbye My Fancy" Ruskin says of great writers that they

"spiritual, godly, most of all known to my sense." and I understand (tho' you will never tell—perhaps

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

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

Both poems were reprinted in Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891).

s Purport" from Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891).

.; Reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Published with the subtitle "For unknown buried soldiers,

Revised and reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

Am sitting here in my 2d story room same— affectionate uncle Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Jessie Louisa

Thirty-one poems from Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy

For more information see Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

anecdote of Lady Dilke too pleased me) — Every thing goes on pretty much the same with us here in Camden—my

sister quite up to her standard of health—not plus , but not minus either—my brother a little on the

My books doing—L. of G. sales have been good— Specimen Days not so good yet, but I am satisfied.

I have been a reader of your writings for the last ten years or so and have in my humble way done my

(Indeed I have evinced the sincerity of my belief in you by going farther in its expression than most

Not in the slightest degree do I regret taking this step for I look upon you as one of my teachers and

as such owe you my debt of gratitude)" (The Library of Congress, Washington D.C.).

Draft lines on the back of this manuscript leaf relate to the poem eventually titled "Who Learns My Lesson

Song of Myself": "Echos, ripples, and buzzed whispers . . . . loveroot, silkthread, crotch and vine, / My

respiration and inspiration . . . . the beating of my heart . . . . the passing of blood and air through

my lungs, / The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and darkcolored sea- rocks, and

.; Draft lines on the back of this manuscript leaf relate to the poem eventually titled "Who Learns My

S America Feb: 17 noon '91 Just perceptible turn for the easier—& I am pottering with the copy for my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Camden PM Feb: 19 '91 Just perceptible turn for the easier—& I am pottering with the copy for my 2d Annex

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Whitman chose not to include the poem in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

O laugh when my eyes settle the land The imagery and phrasing of these lines bears some resemblance to

similarity to the following line in the poem eventually titled "I Sing the Body Electric": "As I see my

and dwells serenely behind it.— When out of a feast I eat bread only corn and roast potatoes fo for my

dinner, through my own voluntary choice it is very well and I much content, but if some arrogant head

inspiration . . . . the beating of my heart . . . . the passing of blood and air through my lungs.

Oh Captain, Weave in My Hardy Life and We Two Together have been set to music by Edgar Stillman Kelley

In stanza three the last three lines once read, "But I with silenttread Walk the spot my Captain lies

Must I pass from my song for thee, From my gaze on thee inthe west?" etc.

Answerer) 134 1856 Now Precedent Songs Farewell 403 1888 O Captain, My Captain 262 1865 Offerings 218

J., I give to my friend,Peter Doyle, my silverwatch. I give to H.

talk of the Vetterans getting out yet: if you have any thing in the way of advice to give concerning my

Books, and I have thought that were bigger fools than me making a living very Easy although I admit my

note by Whitman following the closer that reads, "June 25th '65—I have rec'd many curious letters in my

occasionaly showed some little kindness to—I met him, talked with him some,—he came one rainy night to my

such houses as we were talking about,' are—upon the whole not to be answered—(& yet I itch to satisfy my