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noise & laughing & drinking, of a dozen young men, & I among them, I would see your face before me in my

it would be if I could leave all the fun & noise & the crowd & be with you—I don't wish to disparage my

there is something that takes down all artificial accomplishments, & that is a manly & loving soul—My

Well, it is now past midnight, pretty well on to 1 o'clock, & my sheet is most written out—so, my dear

dear loving comrade, & the blessing of God on you by night & day, my darling boy.

I do not know that I told you that both of my parents were dead but it is true and now, Walt, you will

be a second Father to me won't you. for my love for you is hardly less than my love for my natural parent

say much more of what the world calls educated & polished, & brilliant in conversation, &c, than you, my

brown-black ink, with revisions in lighter ink (including the deletion, undone in 1860, of the phrase "My

My Likeness! [Earth]

November, 1889 issue of The Century Magazine, (one full, one partial) which included Whitman's poem My

only three pages of one of the copies are available (cover, table of contents, and the page on which My

My 71st Year

send you a line—pass it on to J W W[allace] —Still poorly—have finish'd the (very brief) proofs of 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

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

Feb: 19 p m '91 Palpable slight turn for the better with me (or I take it so)—Suppose you have rec'd my

frequent notes & papers—convey this to J W W[allace] —my copy is to go to printers in three days for

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

first several lines of "Pictures" (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published as "My

first several lines of "Pictures" (not including these lines) were eventually revised and published as "My

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery

poems published as the cluster "Old Age Echoes" in Lippincott's Magazine were reprinted in Good-bye My

Pallid Wreath" was published in the Critic on January 10, 1891; the poem was also reprinted in Good-Bye My

my soul!

We closed with him, the yards entangled, the can- non cannon touched, My captain lashed fast with his

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

O my body!

my brother or my sister! Keep on!

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

Wallace replied to Walt Whitman's card on August 1: "I have considered it one of the main privileges of my

life (since my mother's death the main privilege of my life) to be able to communicate with you personally

and to tender you my deep reverence and love" (typescript: County Borough of Bolton (England) Public

harness," "traces," "the bit"—may relate to the extended metaphor developed in following lines: "Deluding my

bribed to swap off with touch, and go and graze at the edges of me, / No consideration, no regard for my

draining strength or my anger, / Fetching the rest of the herd around to enjoy them awhile, / Then all

those used in Unnamed Lands, a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.; duk.00003 My

Grass were now in the possession of Horace Wentworth, a Boston publisher, whom Thayer characterized as "My

To Walt Whitman, My dear Master, I plead no other excuse in writing to you but my great wish to thank

For you have proved to me, lovingly, as few others have done, that a poet—(my own far-off but cherished

Hoping my letter may not weary you or the reading of it try your eyes Believe me Your very grateful admirer

untitled section of the 1855 edition. of Leaves of Grass which, in the 1867 edition, became "Now List to My

The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect

Near the end of the essay, Whitman writes: "My own opinion has long been, that for New World service

It was included without the note in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

siege of grip viciously departing (I hope departing)—But am decidedly easier to-day—am weaker than ever—my

MAY 7 | 6 AM | 90, LONDON | AM | MY 8 | O | CANADA; N.Y. | 1890 | 1030 AM | 8.

Echoes cluster, first published in Lippincott's Magazine 47 (March 1891) and then reprinted in Good-bye My

The writing on the verso (not in Whitman's hand) makes reference to Good-Bye My Fancy and to Sounds of

here, but cold enough outside frozen hard— O why hast thou bleach'd these locks, old Time yet left my

1844, that is about "an aged man" who meets a young man and tells him, "I was like thee, once gay, my

son, — / Sweet pleasure filled my heart," but "conquering time / Hath bleached my locks so gray."

magazine & identity:sphere, nothing too small to be despised, all welcom'd, to be digested & formulated by 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

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

Jersey U S America Jan: 1 '91 Well the New Year has come & it is a dark foggy stormy glum day here—my

Pacific side Co:) acc't—but the main thing will be, if the bundle reaches you safe , wh' is one motive of my

sending now—I am putting some little licks on a little 2d annex to be called "Good bye my Fancy" wh'

I will send you when printed—& my L of G. & all will be done—I wrote to you ab't a week ago too—has

on & even increase (it is a kind of delirium)—Of course when you write tell me what has arrived of 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

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

printer, but he sends me word he can only put one man on it—(dont expect the proof complete for ten days)—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

OV 2Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), Manuscript draftloc.05454xxx.00459Good-Bye My Fancyabout 1891poetryhandwrittentypedprinted78

78 pages of text numbered by Whitman, and is housed along with other materials related to Good-Bye My

, Lingering Last Drops, Good-bye My Fancy, On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain!

s Purport (which includes three poems originally composed separately, My task, Death dogs my steps, and

Good-Bye My Fancy

It was included without the note in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is based on a digital

My observations appear as footnotes.

That is not my goal; nor is it my goal to deal with, for example, the historical issues of Whitman’s,

Also, he is overly fond of O Captain! My Captain!

“O Captain! My Captain!” (Vol.

My Captain!”

Portions of this manuscript contributed to Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings, Good-Bye My Fancy (1891

, a poem first published in Good-Bye My Fancy in 1891. On, on the Same, ye Jocund Twain, Manuscript

He work'd worked at my father's, and had done so for two years.

letter as follows: "I extract the following, verbatim, from a letter to me dated September 29, from my

. | 5-11-91 | 1030AM | 9; London | AM | MY 12 | 1 | Canada.

GOOD-BYE MY FANCY.

My health is somewhat better, and my spirit at peace.

Indeed all my ferry friends—captain Frazee the superintendent, Lindell, Hiskey, Fred Rauch, Price, Watson

my ear.

Gilchrist—friends of my soul—stanchest friends of my other soul, my poems. ONLY A NEW FERRY BOAT.

This poem later appeared as "Calamus No. 40," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "That Shadow My Likeness," Leaves

My dear Mr. Rosetti Rossetti : I suppose Mr.

weeks since, assenting to the substitution of other words, &c. as proposed by you, in your reprint of my

When I have my next edition brought out here, I shall change the title of the piece "When lilacs last

It is quite certain that I shall add to my next edition (carrying out my plan from the first,) a brief

Very likely some of my suggestions have been anticipated.

propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my

Rossetti agreed to this change on December 8, 1867: "I had previously given it a title of my own, 'Nocturn

8 April 1873 My dear walt Walt i got your letter of sunday Sunday and monday Monday and the papers all

fereplaces fireplaces and its much cheaper to have stove pipes than firplac es what do you think of my

For the poem that he enclosed, see "Sea Captains, Young or Old," published in the April 4, 1873 issue

confined comments on his condition to two brief remarks, that he did "not feel very well" and that "My

On the verso is a note in Whitman's hand reading "to my 2d & last Annex for L of G."

(first published in 1891), My task (published as part of L. of G.'s Purport in 1891), L. of G.'

s Purport (only the first two lines of the poem of the same title published in 1891), Death dogs my steps

We loyal Kanucks are keeping the Queen's birthday—my fam all out fishing —3 parties of them—all off—from

my brother 60 yrs old to my youngest 9.

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 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

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'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

manuscript also contains two clippings (with handwritten revisions) of the essay A Backward Glance on My

How I Made a Book, A Backward Glance on my Own Road and My Book and I (which was published in Lippincott's

.; An earlier version of this poem entitled "My Departure" appeared in the Long Island Democrat, 23 October

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

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

This expresses the mere fact, so far as I can read my inner self, though perhaps my own industry in life

, on the lines of author mainly, may not seem to corroborate my statement."

that he wants to use the photos for his "forthcoming little (2d) annex," which would become Good-Bye My

.; An earlier version of this poem entitled "My Departure" appeared in the Long Island Democrat, 23 October

Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher, which was published first in The Cosmopolitan (October 1887) and reprinted in Good-Bye My

Sheets.loc.00218xxx.00384My 71st Yearabout 1889poetryhandwritten1 leaf18.75 x 20.25 cm; A proof sheet of My

My 71st Year