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the pale green leaves of the trees prolific, In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river

the pale green leaves of the trees prolific, In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river

the pale green leaves of the trees prolific; In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river

and intellectual food to our young men, and save the best of them from the necessity of crossing the river

that which is now disturbing the peace and endangering the safety of the great metropolis across the river

homage to Whitman in novels of artistic development such as The Custom of the Country (1912), Hudson River

For him the region meant far more than mighty rivers, fertile soil, and apparently limitless natural

Looking out upon the jagged, looming majesty of a mountain peak, or the raw, river-forged scoop of a

suspect it in the future" without viewing the prairies, the states of the Midwest, or the Mississippi River

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

"I got to the river tonight," he said, "and how gloriously everything appeared.

From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills and fields of Virginia

I described the river to him, and he remarked: "I should like to see it—I must try to find a way to get

"Is the general closed-inness of things I see out my window here prevailing in Philadelphia—on the river—as

Who could share with me the thought of that evening's ride across the river?

magazines—that of porcelain, fine china, dainty curtains, exquisite rugs—never a look of flowing rivers

How had the river appeared?—and so on.

That river is a never-ending fascination to me.

Yes, if I keep as I am I may very easily get over the river."

electric had become the general light in Philadelphia and "wondering if the lights along the bank of the river—up

I sat with Walt years ago one day at the river's edge. A mosquito alighted on his forehead.

Difficulty getting to river, on account of mud, it having rained very hard today.

Met somebody along the river line who asked him to go yachting.

When I asked him if he was on his way home—he said laughing—"I am on my way to the river—which is as

which has been blowing in my window all the day long," and he added, "Last night we went down to the river

The river was rich in boats—I have rarely seen it more so."

described some old experiences in the mountains about Bushkill—the great vistas—particularly the rivers

And I know best of all the rivers—the grand, sweeping, curving, gently undulating rivers. Oh!

the memories of rivers—the Hudson—the Ohio—the Mississippi!

The Hudson is quite another critter—the neatest, sweetest, most delicate, clearest, cleanest river in

Rivers! Oh the rivers!

himself, saying like a child, bound to comfort himself with something—"It was very fine down at the river

Denver is phenomenal for its background—its ample background: not much of a river there, but a river

He tried to name me one of the Western rivers—a Greek name—but it "failed" him.

or, why does the flowing river make me happy?—why? why? making that mood the talisman for all?"

something about calling on you: I told him he wouldn't find you at home—that you had gone over the river

grog, which they took in a manner peculiar to themselves—first a cup of whisky, and then a cup of river

Now and then a "specimen" of the by-gone race of river boatmen, who have mostly settled down to farming

that only one man in all the world, in all history, and he our neighbor, grey-bearded, across the river

I described the trip across the river this evening: the new moon— "a thin semicircular strip of a thing

of slender cloud overhead: the water full of mobile reflections: the electric lights up along the river's

The electric lights are new since my time: there were never any along the river's front as I knew it.

Asked me about the intense fog on the river: "How the pilots dread the fog!

And proceeded to tell him of the river as I came across tonight: the cold and early moon—the full-sailed

sloop—the cutter swinging in the tide—the tug puffing its way up the river—multiplied beauties that

I cannot think of a rarer experience than one I met on the river Saguenay, up there in Canada.

The river's water is an inky black—a curious study, I believe, to this day to the scientific men: take

of his weariness, had gone out a while yesterday—towards the City Hall, the outskirts, not to the river

that the thing is because it is, being what it is because it must be just that—as a tree is a tree, a river

a river, the sky the sky.

My own favorite loafing places have always been the rivers, the wharves, the boats—I like sailors, stevedores

I have never lived away from a big river." Took up Brinton's suggestion that W.'

Besides, suppose he takes you out to see a sunset—the gorgeous panorama—the waters of a flowing river—the

un-elegant—a strain from other altitudes—from open-airs, I hope—the light and shade of woods, our river

For more on Sing Sing prison, see: Lee Bernstein, "The Hudson River School of Incarceration: Sing Sing

Though we do not expect to set the North river on fire, we are free to confess, without vanity, that

with them about each one, in every part of the United States, and many of the engagements on the rivers

The East River bridge does not seem to be getting on very fast I believe the piers are not quite finished

East river.

raised after the Holidays father has just received Employment In the pipe yard foot of 24th St of East River

I passed a very pleasant day up the River Saturday—fishing—the day proved to be warm and after several

Vorhees, and a train disaster known as the "Hudson River Horror."

Grande—friendly gatherings, the characters and fun, Dwellers up north in Minnesota and by the Yellow Stone River

Nacht darauf führt Washington den Rest seiner geschlagenen Truppen im Schutze des Nebels über den East River

Long Island, während der folgenden Jahre anschwellen und sich mit dem gegenüber, jenseits des East River

“I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of america, and along the shores of the

57.SeealsoWhitman’sdeletionofthereferenceto“theperfect girl” in “enfans” 2 (“from Pent-Up aching rivers

3/ of a pound, so there must have been the blood of 1000 men coloring the waters of our beautiful river

marked by considerable con- fusion and casualties from friendly fire in woods south of the Rapidan River

Croly and George Wakeman, Miscegenation (1864; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Literature House, 1970), 18–19

Miscegenation.1864; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Literature House, 1970. Cushman, Stephen.

A Conscious Stillness: Two Naturalists on Thoreau’s Rivers.