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In Forman's letter of September 8, 1891, he sent "about 15 dollars" for "'Good bye, my Fancy!'

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

sixty-five poems that had originally appeared in November Boughs (1888); while the second, "Good-Bye my

scratch smiling)—I am still getting along thro the hot season—have things pretty favorable here in my

ventilation (night & day) frequent bathing, light meals & lassaiz faire —all wh' makes it better for me in my

some where to sea-shore or mountain—It is not for a long time any how—then Elias Hicks's saying to my

article ab't me for N E Magazine —I make dabs with the little 2d Annex & licking it in shape—I made my

B[ucke] & I will bring out my book on you sometime, perhaps sooner than we any of us know.

Wilson, peremptorily ordering him to return my MS to me."

Whitman's "Rejoinder" was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and

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

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

Hattie Cooper is alluding to Whitman's poem "A Christmas Greeting," which had been published in Good-Bye My

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

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

See in particular: "And I know that the hand of God is the elderhand of my own, / And I know that the

spirit of God is the eldest brother of my own" (1855, p. 15–16).; Transcribed from digital images of

Because I am in my place what of that? The perfect male and female are everywhere in their place.

the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, later titled "Song of Myself": "I resist anything better than my

own diversity, / And breathe the air and leave plenty after me, / And am not stuck up, and am in my

Simpson My dear Sir: I have been absent in New York & Brooklyn & only returned three days ago.

At present, I can only say that if you are going into publishing & if you feel like taking hold of my

My address is at this office.

…One of my reasons for securing your friendship is my appreciation for you as a man, with knowing your

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear Wm Harrison Riley Your letter has reach'd me

Riley was an ardent young Englishman who addressed Whitman as "My dear Friend and Master" on March 5.

In all my troubles and successes I have been strengthened by your divine teachings."

Whitman My sister Bessie & I both thank you very warmly for the present you sent us of your book.

It is postmarked: Sheffield | 14 6 | MY 14 | 91; PAID | K | ; New York | May | ; Camden, N.J. | May |

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

serviceable present, from Mary & Alys Smith & Mrs S. nice new sheets & pillow and bolster cases for my

In his reply on April 29, Herbert noted that "John Burroughs was very violent against my intaglio."

I make my way, / I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable—but I love you, / I do not hurt you more than

edition of 500," he wrote to his friend William O'Connor, adding that "I could sell that number by my

My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd."

And he found particular significance in the cover: "This is my design—I conceived it."

Body, set to them my name," followed by a blank space where Whitman added his signature in each copy

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

Dear Friend: I have just read through again more carefully "Good-Bye my F."

To the Sunset Breeze and the last "Good-B my F" (did you notice that you had two of the same title?)

Give him my congratulations!

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 poem "Good-By My Fancy!"

was the concluding poem in the poetry section of Good-Bye My Fancy (1891), and when those poems were

every week since I received your letter that I would write to you and as often I have failed to keep my

Mother & My Wife send their regards to you.

I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.

21, 1867, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12, 1867: "I do not want you to misunderstand my

motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have

to be more guarded in my letters to you.

I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and

My Father died May 2 nd and was buried on the 4 I was in Syracuse a few days before he died to see him

My Mother is not very well this summer Little Walt and the rest of my family are all well. he is quite

I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.

21, 1867, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12, 1867: "I do not want you to misunderstand my

motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have

to be more guarded in my letters to you.

I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Sept 21 My dear Reid, Won't the herewith do for an editorial these

It was later reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman, [New York: G.P.

Y., July 16th 1865 My dear brother We duly received your letter —We of course all felt very indignant

are well  the baby is a little down just now—but I guess she will be all right again in a few days—My

she manages to quarrell me out of it—so that I leave it half eaten—she begins by questioning me about my

women [Heyde's art students],...and goes so far as to intimate that I have sexual intercourse with my

pupils, at my room This is damned mean—reckless characterless, common, and disgusting" (Trent Collection

Realy my experience robs my heart of all charity—Han has a plausible superficiality, but under that she

Whitman is referring to the proofs for his 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

Bucke notes on April 14, 1891: "It is a noble production and raises Wallace even higher than ever in my

(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

My Captain!"

My Captain!

Captain, 0 my Cap tain" surely one ofthe most tender and beautiful poems in any language.6 The misquotation

I sing the songfmy wallpaper, my ceiling, my floor, my doors, my windows, my around-rooms, under- and

My Captain!

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

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

, Dear Sir: Won't you do me the very great favor to write me a few lines regarding the condition of my

Though we have never met personally, I have heard of you from my mother & sister.

My sister in a late letter, wished me to write you & thank you for your great kindness to her.

Thayer I believe thinks all my thumb wont get well.

…be pleasant to Charlie while I am sick on my account" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University

Traubel read this letter in 1889, Whitman commented on Heyde: "He is a cringing, crawling snake: uses my

was a plain everyday scamp I'd not feel sore on him: but in the rôle of serpent, whelp, he excites my

Dear Charley, My condition continues favorable—& if I dared to hope this will last & improve in proportion—indicates

Eldridge that he had paid Godey, my substitute, the money I sent on for his October pay."

same way this fragment does: "I am still doing as well as when I last wrote" on October 24, 1873, and "My

At the time Whitman wrote this note, he was preparing to publish Good-Bye My Fancy (1891); the book was

reads, in its entirety, "The two songs on this page are eked out during an afternoon, June, 1888, in my

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

Camden NJ Dec. 16 '84 Dear friend Please convey to the Marquis de Leuville my thanks for his beautiful

and the introduction, called "Entre-Nous," begins, "I had therefore better make some apologies for my

Boston December 11, 1863 Walt Whitman— My dear sir— I went to the hospital in Pemberton Square yesterday

There seems a sort of hopelessness about this, and being unused to hospitals my feelings were far from

See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179

On October 18, 1863, Babbitt was depressed—"dark clouds seem to be lying in my pathway and I can not

remove them nor hide them from my mind"—until he mentioned his beloved, Nellie F.

YORK, March 21 st 189 2 Mr Walt Whitman Dear Sir: Can you let me have "November Boughs" and "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

My brother Eustace (who you will remember)—we call him Duke—arrived here at noon today from Ottawa We

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

melange rec'd this mn'g —fine sunny day here—shall try to get out in wheel chair soon as it is milder—my

locomotive power decreases can hardly get across the room—my evn'g massages help me much—water works

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

Camden 1883 March 31 noon My dear friend I send you the second proofs—look over carefully for technicals

on L of G Leaves of Grass , & on certain primary & spinal literary laws—so assuring a pedestal for my

Despite Whitman's praise, O'Connor, on April 1, felt "dreadfully at the prospect your letter opens, of my

You left out my remarks on 'Children of Adam', I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

credit than the Author—I am really surprised at the tact and judgement you have displayed in putting my

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

much more than care for it—I would prize it very, very highly & would give it a place of honour in my

home second to none of my possessions."

It is my own spirit, my own feeling—to accept and try and listen, and don't be too quick to reject, and

my fig tree.

I ask myself more than a little if my best friends have not been women. My friend Mrs.

My attempt at "Leaves of Grass"—my attempt at my own expression—is after all this: to thoroughly equip

Eyre .— I want to call attention to "My Captain," a poem which has in it the element of the dramatic

The first several lines of draft were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American in

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

passage used in a note (entitled "Another Note") to the poem An Ended Day published in 1891 in Good-Bye My

first edition of Leaves of Grass thirteen years later, where he famously writes, "I loaf and invite my

soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass," and later asking his

first edition of Leaves of Grass thirteen years later, where he famously writes, "I loaf and invite my

soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer grass," and later asking his

—Am sitting here alone as usual in my den—all right I guess — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice

Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My

Sometimes as I read it I feel as if my whole previous life were rolling en masse through me, and as if

Jan 3 18 72 Dear Sirs: Wishing to close up matters, I solicit, as early as convenient, an answer to my

letter of about two weeks since, (in response to yours of a day or two previous) in relation to my books

1870, letter to Trowbridge, Whitman announced that he had "engaged in electrotyping a new edition of my

year or more ago of some Boston publisher, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my

more daily work than ever has fallen upon me to do the current season, & though I am well & contented, my

I too send you my love. And do you feel no disappointment because I now write but briefly.

My book is my best letter, my response, my truest explanation of all.

In it I have put my body & spirit. You understand this better & fuller & clearer than any one else.

…I am yet young enough to bear thee children, my darling, if God should so bless me.

And would yield my life for this cause with serene joy if it were so appointed, if that were the price

On July 31, he wrote John Burroughs that he had "finished (sent all copy) my little Nov: Boughs."

reads, in its entirety, "The two songs on this page are eked out during an afternoon, June, 1888, in my

All other books seem to me weak and unworthy my attention.

I read, Sunday, to my wife, Longfellows verses on Summer, in the last Atlantic, and then I read your

Christmas Graphic " —(comes out in a week or so,) in which I say a brief word about Emerson— To eke out my

All other books seem to me weak and unworthy my attention.

I read, Sunday, to my wife, Longfellows verses on Sumner, in the last Atlantic, and then I read your