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My Captain!”; Whitman’s new poems in newspapers; and his essays on various topics.
My Captain!”
My Captain!” and unusual in his poetry in general.
My Captain!”
94–96; Worthington version of Leaves My Captain!
my Soul!
We closed with him—the yards entangled—the cannon touched, My captain lashed fast with his own hands.
I laughed content when I heard the voice of my little captain, We have not struck, he composedly cried
O the real life of my senses and flesh, transcending my senses and flesh; O my body, done with materials—my
my brother or my sister! Keep on!
treatise on the theory behind Leaves of Grass, which includes a plug for Whitman's latest work, Good-Bye My
to my Notes" is written along the top of the page.
Some lines in this manuscript can also be found in [I just spin out my notes], another prose manuscript
Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads was drawn from three previously published pieces (A Backward Glance on My
Own Road [1884], How I Made a Book [1886], and My Book and I [1887]).
Looking at it another time, Whitman mused, "That was my prime—that was the period of my power—of endurance
Nothing very new or different in my affairs.
here in Atty Gens office—same posish position —have good health—expect to bring out new editions of my
books before very long—how is the little boy—I send my love to him, & to your wife & parents.
wrote but then deleted: "O if we could only be together now even if only Dear Boy, dear, dear friend, my
In 1888 Walt Whitman commented to Horace Traubel about this letter: "I can't live some of my old letters
I want you to look over the past and I will do my best to ward toward you in the future.
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Whitman used lines from Pictures for the poem My Picture-Gallery, first published in Leaves of Grass
and I1886 or 1887prose22 leaveshandwritten; A late-stage draft, with printer's notes, of the essay My
My Book and I
hun.00011xxx.00320HM 11207Queries To My Seventieth YearTo my seventieth year1888poetry1 leafhandwritten
; Heavily revised draft, signed, of Queries to My Seventieth Year, a poem first published in the May
Queries To My Seventieth Year
puto translates from Latin to "I am a human being: I regard nothing of human concern as foreign to my
puto translates from Latin to "I am a human being: I regard nothing of human concern as foreign to my
431 Stevens st Camden N Jersey U S America April 23 I have to-day sent by mail my new Vol.
; London N W | C 7 | Paid | My 8 | 76."
Good Night Mother give my love to all G. W.
course you knew all about his arrival at Anapolis i saw his name in the times with 500 others arrived) my
night, and will not lose any time in answering it this time, but I do not know as you will approve of my
writing on Sundays, but that is about the only time I have for writing except evenings and then my hands
tremble so from my work (which is nearly all done by the hands) that I can scarcely write inteligibly
deserve his love as well as that of thousands of others myself included, and I wish you to give him my
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
Father & Mother & My Wife send Love to my kind Friend, & you know you have a good share of mine.
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
No word yet from Wm Gurd in re meter—I shall not be able to fix the time of my going East untill until
On October 20, 1888, O'Connor had written Bucke that "a month ago my right eye closed, and the lid had
Earlier that year, January 23, 1888, O'Connor had described one of his attacks for Bucke:"My state of
I sat down to dinner, suddenly felt a curious still feeling, pushed back my chair, and became perfectly
The room was lighted, and four doctors were around me, and my wife and a couple of neighbors.
It was a tough of apoplexy, incident to my malady the doctor said, and a small blood vessel in my head
'91 Am still holding on—same place Mickle Street—not writing any for publication—suppose you rec'd my
last little book "Good–Bye my Fancy" —J W Wallace of Bolton, Eng: is here —Dr Bucke is well & busy,
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 occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
to-day —he sends me the enclosed little slip from O'C —the condition is bad, & I feel pretty gloomy ab't my
of this last attack—I only wish I could feel so, or even approximate it—But any how thank God so far my
thoughts & mental power are entirely within my control—I have written a short letter to Critic (by their
request) on the "poet" question (wh' they may print) —My sister—George's wife —has just paid me a good
K. is in Boston at a Symphony Concert and a precious ½ hour for my soul being at my disposal I feel a
strong inner impulse to pour out here in the evening solitude, my heart to you in a genuine heart-letter
O'Connor to Bucke on October 20, 1888 mentioned that "a month ago my right eye closed, and the lid had
finished—I paid the constructor $500 last week —(as far as I can see I am favor'd in having Ralph Moore as my
alter ego in making it)—I wish to collect the remains of my parents & two or three other near relations
G—praises it highly tho' —As I get toward estimate—but that is more in the forming than settled state—f'm my
off-handedness, even evidence of decrepitude & old fisherman's seine character as part of the artism (f'm my
. | May 23 | 8 PM | 91; Philadelphia | May | 9PM | 1891 | Transit; London | MY 25 | 91 | Canada.
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
General Philip Henry Sheridan's death (on August 5), and later as Interpolation Sounds in Good-Bye My
Man's Rejoinder, first published in the Critic 17 (16 August 1890) before being reprinted in Good-Bye My
Poet.1870-1874poetry1 leafhandwritten; Annotated draft of the untitled poem that begins Come, said my
1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; Whitman revised this poetic fragment and used it in Who Learns My
Review in November 1890 and later reprinted in the Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890) and in Good-Bye My
27O Earth, My Likeness (1860).
A.MS. draft.loc.00225xxx.00099[O Earth, my likeness]1860poetryhandwritten1 leaf20.5 x 16 cm; A draft
of the poem first published as Calamus, No. 36 in 1860 (Earth, My Likeness in the final version of Leaves
[O Earth, my likeness]
[Out from Behind This Mask]Reprinted as "Out from Behind This Mask: To confront My Portrait, illustrating
[Come, said my Soul]According to the Comprehensive Reader's Edition of Leaves of Grass, this poem appeared
Two Rivulets" section of Two Rivulets (1876).; Reprinted as "Out from Behind This Mask: To confront My
biography, The Ferry Boy and the Financier (Boston: Walker and Wise, 1864); he described their meetings in My
Though Trowbridge was not an idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my
See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179
My dear friend , Your letter is rec'd received , having been sent on to me from Washington.
My address still remains Solicitor's office, Treasury there.
I have been stopping for two months, (Feb. & March,) home with my Mother , & am writing this home.
finely, & is cheerful hearted—will probably soon give up her housekeeping & go to live with one of my
brothers, who is married —My father died seventeen years since.
On April 12, 1872, Gilchrist objected to this warning: "it hurts so, as seeming to distrust my love.
that sooner or later you will not be able to help stretching out your arms towards me & saying 'Come, my
be satisfied with a gossipy letter about his affairs, she really wanted more: "And if you say 'Read my
of Grass, eventually titled "Song of Myself": "The supernatural of no account . . . . myself waiting my
Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises...to sell my photo, with autograph.
partly scornful, or occasionally put a dry remark, which only adds fuel to the flame—I do not feel it in my
find that the deeper they go in with the draft, the more trouble it is likely to make—I have changed my
family, still I feel somewhat uneasy—about Jeff, if any one, as he is more around—I have had it much on my
have no doubt I shall make a few hundred dollars by the lectures I shall certainly commence soon, (for my
hospital missionary purposes & my own, for that purpose) & I could lend that am't to Jeff to pay it
From my own personal observations I think that the newspapers would give one the most perverted kind
Johnston on September 1, 1887, "He advertises . . . to sell my photo, with autograph.
[Whitman referred to "My Long Island Antecedents" and to a favorable review of Leaves of Grass in the
Whitman sent "My Long Island Antecedents" to The North American Review on October 29, but it was returned
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
.; An earlier version of this poem entitled "My Departure" appeared in the Long Island Democrat, 23 October
Grass (1871-72).; This poem later appeared as "Calamus No. 40," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "That Shadow My
November 1878 and as "To the Man-of-War-Bird" in Leaves of Grass (1881–82).; Reprinted in Good-Bye My
Revised and reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; This poem was reprinted in the Critic, 16 (24 May
"; Reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).
This book is dedicated to my husband, Larry, my love, my heartbeat, and my favorite dance partner. abbReviaTions
to my barestript heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.
my colleagues.
to my barestript heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.
to my barestript heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.
My Dear Old Friend, Just a few lines to send you my love & say "How do" to you a cross the deep Atlantic
In his March 9, 1892, letter to Traubel, Greenhalgh wrote that "Walt has taught me 'the glory of my daily
In all the departments of my life Walt entered with his loving personality & I am never alone" (Horace
On October 1, 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.
I said, What is it, my dear, do you want any thing?
Richmond— Walt— Jeff, of course you must take this up to mother soon as you go home—Jeff, I have changed my
51st—George's letter to me of 16th I sent to Han—should like to see Mr Worthen if he comes here—give my
remembrance to Mr Lane I have writ to George several times in hopes one at least may reach him—Matty, my
In addition, he altered phraseology: "What is it, my dear" became "What is it, my boy?"
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my
firm was in bankruptcy, Redfield noted that the balance due Whitman ($63.45) "will have to go in with my
I think my estate will pay 50 cents on the dollar: hope so at any rate."
My shoulder is all right as far as being comfortable goes but is not good for much to use yet.
Monthly rejected four poems that Whitman had submitted ("Old Chants," "Grand Is the Seen," "Death dogs my
letter to Whitman's disciple and biographer Horace Traubel: "I had a fall last evening and dislocated my
Grass (1891–92), lines from this manuscript appear in both One's-Self I Sing and Small the Theme of My
which was first published in the August 16, 1890 issue of the Critic and later reprinted in Good-Bye My
prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My
leaveshandwritten; Lightly revised printer's copy of For Queen Victoria's Birthday, which was published in Good-Bye My
26Death Dogs My Steps (1890).
A.MS. draft.loc.00120xxx.00406Death Dogs My Stepsabout March 3, 1890poetryhandwritten1 leaf12 x 19 cm
; Draft of Death Dogs My Steps written in ink on the inside of a discarded and opened out envelope, addressed
Death Dogs My Steps
Henceforth After this day, A touch shall henceforth be small Little things is shall be are henceforth my
my tongue proof and argument It They shall tell s for me that people In them, the smallest least of
over all, and what we thought death is but life brought to a finer parturition.— An inch's contact My
The clearest relation is to the line: "A minute and a drop of me settle my brain" (1855, p. 33), but
I entertain all the aches of the human heart Outside the asteroids I reconnoitre at my ease.
Compare these lines from that edition: "I lean and loafe at my ease . . . . observing a spear of summer