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The story of Tithonus is still a parable of the poet,—he is immortal in his love, but loses with years

This part of his philosophy—for such it is—must not be confounded with the erotic paroxysms of Swinburne

The Mechanical Explanation of Things. 2.

Philosophy in Europe and America . 2. The Results of Kant Miss ELIZABETH P. PEABODY. One Lecture.

July 16, 1890 Walt Whitman, Esq— Dear Sir: Have you any inclination toward writing a prose story of fiction—a

Mch 26, Left Newport News & went on board steamboat John Brooks. 2 Compys went to guard the baggage on

April 4th changed camp to the other side and about 1 1/2 miles from town, Apl 9 A scouting party was

13th Routed out about 11 P.M. told to get ready to get in light marching order Apl 14th Left about 2

feet, and a breakfast Apl 1th Struck tents about 4 A.M. marched to Winchester (15 miles) arrived at 2

PM marched through and about 2 miles to the other side encamped (the 21st Mass was left to protect Mt

. — Truly yours, Fred New York May 2/62 Fred B. Vaughan to Walt Whitman, 2 May 1862

The Herald, Boston, May 26 188 2 Dear Walt Whitman: I thank you heartily for the "little picture."

"He sold the two-story house [on Cumberland Street] to Lazarus Wineburgh on 15 March 1854" (68).

For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry

The image appears courtesy of the owner, Jeffrey Kraus, and is part of the Jeffrey Kraus Collection.For

his opinion, as he referred in an 1878 newspaper article to Blake's "half-mad vision" (Prose Works 2:

me as Burns is, chiefly as a person: I read with most avidity not their poems but their lives..." (2:

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964.____.

Emory Holloway. 2 vols. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1972. British Romantic Poets

November Boughs appeared in its entirety as part of the Complete Poems & Prose of 1888; and then, under

Whitman is reported to have said, in part, "So far as you may have anything to do with it I place upon

Not generally recognized as part of the Leaves of Grass canon, "Old Age Echoes" appears in some, but

The titles of the clusters themselves tell a story: "Autumn Rivulets"; "Whispers of Heavenly Death";

"From Noon to Starry Night"; and "Songs of Parting."

By one of those caprices that enter and give tinge to events without being at all a part of them, I find

It never fails" (Prose Works 2:503). 

in the nature of complex symbols, still, it is generally agreed that the star introduced in section 2

The cloud appears early, in section 2, as an image of oppression ("O harsh surrounding cloud that will

refrained from invoking the view taken in section 6 of "Song of Myself," that death is no more than part

Many of its lines and phrases were transcribed, revised, or paraphrased to become parts of poems, particularly

gain'd the acceptance of my own time, but have fallen back on fond dreams of the future" (Prose Works 2:

largest and wealthiest and proudest nation may well go half-way to meet that of its poets" (Prose Works 2:

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. Preface to Leaves of Grass, 1855 Edition

, "is wholly without plan: the first thing at hand, that is the thing I take up" (With Walt Whitman 2:

sets me free," Whitman proclaimed in 1888, "in a flood of light—of life, of vista" (With Walt Whitman 2:

Democratic Vistas about the "shreds of Hebrews, Romans, Greeks" that dominated attention (Prose Works 2:

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964.____.

Emory Holloway. 2 vols. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1972. Reading, Whitman's

Julian B.Freund"Return of the Heroes, The" (1867)"Return of the Heroes, The" (1867)As part of the cluster

miracle of nature found in God's "calm annual drama" as life eternally springs from death (section 2)

Philosophical in its outlook, "To One Shortly to Die" echoes in part his earlier poem "Crossing Brooklyn

1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, but that his attitude gradually changed in favor of the spiritual part

Yet consider the forces that make the flower, the elements that are parts of it, the intricacy of its

eras, a few octillions of cubic leagues, do not hazard the span, or make it impatient, They are but parts

, anything is but a part.

It would remind you of the story told about the old woman who had let her Parrot and Monkey out of their

February 24, 1890 (see The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: Prose Works 1892, ed. by Floyd Stovall, 2

vols. [1963–1964], 2:676–677).

published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America , 2

He published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America, 2

Mary Elizabeth appears in several of Walt Whitman's stories, and she often seems to be the subject of

She is an unnamed fourteen-year-old in his story "My Boys and Girls" (1844) and is presented as the sweet

Sister Mary in his children's story "The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier" (1845).

Hannah Whitman appears in Whitman's story "My Boys and Girls" (1844) as a fair and delicate youth.

character, and where the abundance of records makes it possible, without invention, to tell an imaginative story

L E T T E R 2 6 : J A N U A R Y 2 9 , 1 8 6 2 15 1862 26.

“No. 2” was part of a series of six articles entitled “How I Get Around at 60 and Take Notes.” 62 T H

L E T T E R 2 2 5 1 : J U L Y 2 , 1 8 9 0 103 1 2250.

Shively (2), 166. September 27. From Louisa Van Velsor June 18. From Kate Richardson, an Whitman.

August 2. From Kate A. Evans, a “rather October 24. From Harry Stafford. CT: gushing” admirer.

However the Capitol has been swept and garnished, re-painted in part, revarnished, and it is ready now

When the Democratic party triumphs, if ever, it cannot be that Pagan part of it, which is to succeed,

exalted a lineage, and having a tolerably decent respect for an adventurer if he rides boldly and shows parts

Dear Sir: Enc d Enclosed pls please find $10. 00 to cvr cover amt amount due for the 2 Vols Volumes of

. | FEB | 2 | 6AM | 1890 | REC'D.

"A Thought of Columbus" was first published in the July 2, 1892, issue of Once a Week.

My Kind Sir: I am try ing hard to collect the auto gra phs of all the men of note all parts of the country

The left margin of the page has been cut away, removing part of the text of Spinner's letter.

countenance, and so warm and captivating and magnetic were the glimpses we now and then caught of the inner part

There may be parts of Walt Whitman's poetry so incomprehensibly common, so deeply obscure, as to suggest

In small parts, and in the lower walks of the art, the English public will admit this truth readily.

Yet the words of the part do not by themselves supply the actor with one-hundredth part of the actions

There is no logical process by which all these things can be evolved out of the mere words of a part.

Macbeth in Kemble's hand is only a cooperating part.

Siddons play this part you scarcely can believe that any acting could make her part subordinate.

receiving it, it has occurred to me that perhaps you might have some matter of published manuscript (say parts

New York Jan 2/84.

Faithfully yours G P Lathrop George Parsons Lathrop to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1884

Eggleston & Frank Stockton have all promised to take part. We have hopes, also, of Holmes & others.

there is a great desire to have you give "When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloomed" —or at least a part

instead of writing you, just walk as once before into your grand presence & explain the interesting parts

I could tell you a long story of my actions, for the relief and assistance of our Soldiers and their

Gilder (1888), and in Critic Pamphlet No. 2 (1898).

.— Queen Elizabeth no doubt often saw Shakespeare as an actor, and applauded him. 2 1603—James 1st of

Quiney a vintner.— Judith had 3 children She died 1661—2 Made his will—signed it twice with unsteady

.; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Transcribed from digital images of the original item.; Reprinted from G.W.

Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 April 1863

clock on the morning of Feb 18th the whole force fell in line and comenced to move forward except part

of our Brigade was ordered to force a passage through the swamp and attack on the left [a]nd part of

at 2 O clock A.M.  reached sulphur Springs about dark and bivouaced.

part of the battle feild and I never saw such sights [   ] to be seen [   ]  in some parts of the feild

July 7th  Started about 2 P.M.  crossed the river weather very hot.

Hooker (1814–1879); see George Washington Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from April 2,

LeGendre, February 27, 1863 and to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from April 2, 1863.

See George Washington Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from April 2, 1863.

(Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [1921], 2:39.

them have been taken by our pickets all day so that we must have some 2500 to night  I have seen 1 or 2

being about 15 ft thick and 8 or 9 feet high with embrasures to rain the guns out  it mounted 10 guns  2

should like one giveing a discription of the battle  I supose you will see a good acount of it  as I saw 2

Our land force was about 10,000 men with 2 batteries of artilary, and the fighting part of the fleet

was killed. one Captain wounded (probaly mortaly) one Leiut killed. one Leiut had a leg taken off and 2

After they retreated a part of our force followed them up but they had set fire to a bridge about 3/8

breastworks leading from the river, away back in the woods I dont know how far   I followed them about 2

and I feel just like giveing you a good scolding, but I guess I will wait untill I get home,   I recd 2

My morning report this morning (and for the last 8 days has been the same) was I—Capt, 2 Sergts 2 Corpls

We will probaly probably leave here in the course of a few days, and go to some other part of the State

Each Brigade had a certain part of the line, and the regts, releived each other every 24 hours  that

On June 2, 1863, however, Burnside received a dispatch from Washington requesting him to support General

Walt Whitman, edited by Emory Holloway, [Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921] 2:

we lay on the hill to see hundreds of men leave their regiments without being hurt at all and some 2

Floyd Stovall, ed., Walt Whitman: The Prose Works 2 vols.

Sunday Sept 7th and moved by easy marches, untill Thursday Sept 11th when our advance came up with part

After assuring ourselvs that they were gone for good, we stacked arms and I took a walk over our part

In some parts of the feild the enemys dead lay in heaps and in a road for nearly a quarter of a mile

range of hills where they were protected by stone fences, and the 3d Brigade of our Division and a part

is on the right of our Co and both in Co K who was next to us on the left, was hit  one was killed  2

Whitman had been home in Brooklyn from November 2 to December 1, 1863.

When we first came here our Brigade was split up and sent to different parts of the State, and as our

Mother I wrote you a letter about 2 weeks ago, and at the same time I sent you some money by Express,