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Old Poets and the New Poetry in Pall Mall Gazette (17 November 1890), before it appeared in Good-Bye My

of the lines only to reintroduce them in Sands at Seventy (1888), under the title Small the Theme of My

Both One's-self I Sing and Small the Theme of My Chant appeared in the 1892 edition of Leaves of Grass

He was a very handsome, healthy, affectionate, smart child, and would sit on my lap or hang on my neck

As his brief sketch "My Boys and Girls" indicates, he considered as his "children" sisters Mary and Hannah

in their midst....Who of my family has gone along with me?

the older brother had assumed: "he learn'd printing, and work'd awhile at it; but eventually (with my

soldiers: he found them "appealing to me most profoundly....Often they seem very near to me, even as my

Sq Hospital, Sunday evening Oct 4 Dear Madam, Your letter reached me this forenoon with the $30 for my

the midst of those it was sent to aid—& best by a sample of actual hospital life on the spot, & of my

in the way of thanks—is a country boy—always smiles & brightens much when I appear—looks straight in my

face & never at what I may have in my hand for him—I mention him for a specimen as he is within reach

of my hand & I can see that his eyes have been steadily fixed on me from his cot ever since I began

After Whitman gave this letter to Horace Traubel on July 27, 1888, he observed: "My main motive would

with surprises—with fancy turns of speech—with unusual, unaccustomed words—but to say them—to shoot my

Vinnie Ream, My dear friend, I would like to call on you, with an acquaintance of mine, John Swinton,

I could convey no idea to you of how it affects my soul.

I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity

In answer to your request, I send you my picture—it was taken three months since.

Farewell, my friend. I sincerely thank you, & hope some day to meet you.

He speaks it over and over, manipulating my body unconciouslyunconsciously, as it were, with bountiful

mats, and at night sometimes waken to find him watching me with earnest, patient looks, his arm over 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

Portions of this manuscript appeared in Some Personal and Old-Age Jottings, first published in Good-Bye My

This manuscript contributed to American's Bulk Average, which first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891

Have I hasten to inform you it is just as good to die, and I know it; I know it For I take my death with

the dying, And my birth with the new-washed babe Whitman probably drafted this manuscript in the early

pass death with the dying, and birth with the new-washed babe . . . . and am not contained between my

manuscript appeared as the following, in the poem eventually titled "Song of Myself": "All I mark as my

for somehow I was thinking from your letters lately whether you was as well as usual or not—write how my

army this spring, to the utmost—they are sending down many to their reg'ts that are not fit to go, in my

Washington—We have had quite a snow storm, but is clear & sunny to-day here, but sloshy, I am wearing my

On March 6, George wrote to his mother: "I found my trunk up at Fort Schuyler all right the morning I

Feb 21st 1890 To / Walt man Eq My Dear Sir I apologize heartily for my delay in replying to your kind

the page of "poemets" 'old age echoes' —which you were so good as to offer me at the price of £20— My

—& secondly my unwillingness to do the unwelcome & ungracious thing implied in my being unable to avail

I am so extremely sorry not to see my way to utilizing them for my Review & I accordingly return herewith

of four short poems, appeared in Lippincott's Magazine in March 1891 and were reprinted in Goodbye My

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

I want to get up to see you once a week at least and have a good time, for I cant let my selfe myself

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

My friend of whom I spoke is in the cutlery trade, a razor grinder—very warmhearted free & natural.

I still keep the place going at Millthorpe, & spend part of my time there—and it is good to get out into

.], quite 'uneducated' in the ordinary sense... but well-grown and finely built" (Edward Carpenter, My

John's Wood London N.W. 7 May 1891 My dear Walt Whitman, At the moment of my departure for Vienna, where

I am to assist at the Postal Union Congress, your birthday comes to my mind.

may easily be prevented from sending a letter so as to arrive on the right day, and must therefore do my

high day also to me as the anniversary of the first and only performance of "The Cenci," I send you my

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

I am writing this Sunday afternoon up in my room by wood fire.

27, in which she spoke of "bronchial & asthmatic troubles" and of her lasting affection—"you are in my

delighted to have been the means of giving to future generations a portrait of you that is certainly one of my

referring to the manuscript for "Walt Whitman's Last" (a one-page piece on his last miscellany Good-Bye My

Whitman included this entry among "verbatim extracts from letters home to my mother in Brooklyn, the

pages 166 to 168) after an interval I am satisfied with it, and am willing to let those sections of my

This draft letter is endorsed: "Letter sent Dr Bucke—with his return'd MS | My letter to Dr Bucke | Feb

In the margin of a copy, however, Whitman wrote: "my guess (at random) is that John Swinton is the writer

"My child!" she cried, in uncontrollable agony, "O! my child!"

This sentence and the preceding one, beginning "My child," first appeared, with minor differences, in

first sentence was revised further for publication as "Little Jane:" in "The Reformed," it reads "'My

she cried, in uncontrollable agony, 'my child! you die!'" Then there was silence awhile.

.; This sentence and the preceding one, beginning "My child," first appeared, with minor differences,

first sentence was revised further for publication as "Little Jane:" in "The Reformed," it reads "'My

she cried, in uncontrollable agony, 'my child! you die!'"

. & I am not with him any more—he has moved his office to his private room—I am writing this in my room

456 Sixth st—but my letters still come to Major's care, they are to be addrest same as ever, as I can

early, went down through the market, it is quite a curiosity—I bought some butter, tea, &c—I have had my

breakfast here in my room, good tea, bread & butter &c— Mother, I think about you all more than ever

George—I have no doubt the 51st is still at Crab Orchard — Mother, I hope you will try to write—I send you my

led the explosive Jeff to exclaim in a letter to Walt from December 15, 1863: "I love Mat as I love my

There would be but few tears shed on my part I can tell you. . . .

wrote Mother abt getting Jess in the Asylum—It does not seem to meet with her wishes—when I wrote you my

I have long had it on my mind to write and ask you about the possibility of publishing a cheaper edition

I have not felt it a 'new birth of the soul' merely , I felt that his poems were the food for which my

When you see Harry Stafford give him my love and say I am going to send him a photo: and hope he will

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

Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Nov: 12 '90 Cloudy wet & dark—mild temperature—y'rs of 9th rec'd last evn'g —Horace here—Shall call my

little 2d annex " Good Bye my Fancy " after a little piece in it—Tom Harned's mother is dead 65 y'rs

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

feel disposed o i think sometimes if i could see matty Matty once more as i used to and tell her all my

ups and downs what a comfort it would be to me i never had any one even my own daughters i could tell

peece piece of paper as the letter man brings the letters but doo do write as often as you can give my

–1873), known as "Captain Jack."

From Burlington 27 Sept. 1865 27 My dear Walt i received your letter Yesterday all right the 26th i dident

edds being there she says he is a very good boy minds every thing she says i hope it will him good my

Launched in 1851, it was piloted by Captain T. D. Chapman.

Somerville February 12, 1864 My dear Walt Whitman.

I have seen the new moon over my right shoulder to some purpose lately.

Give my love to the O'Connors. Good bye. Your friend, J. T. Trowbridge John T.

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

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.

Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that

been very bleak & cold here but better & sunny to day—I am quite unwell, but keep up & around & eat my

meals in moderation—(an old fellow who comes here said to me as I was eating my supper "No extremes

On January 13, 1888, Burroughs wrote: "My domestic skies are not pleasant & I seem depressed & restless

Indeed I am thinking strongly of selling my place. I am sick of the whole business of housekeeping.

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

lines of greeting in Munyon's Illustrated World, combining as they do the cradle and evening song of my

My brother writers have been very generous to me and I heartily thank them for it" (see also Horace Traubel

These were my first years with Emerson, and the questions provoked by my confession of this fact would

He lifted my common experience into biblical sanctity, and impelled my whole life to expanding issues

He thoroughly respected my autonomy, never once crossing my transactions with printer or binder.

Can I have won my battle after all?...

If I go there with a magazine under my arm, or a paper in my pocket, he is quite likely to ask me to

Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.

to my barestript heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.

Captain and all the My Captains in my book!

“I felt my life with both my hands” (Fr 357). 25.

, My Captain,” 18, Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 57, 95 233n29; “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” Wolosky, Shira, 30

cm; These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as Come, said my

, and My Picture-Gallery, are 14 words of notations in Whitman's hand.

If my letters home don't show it, you don't get 'em.

enough to eat & drink, and shelter, in the moderatest limits) any more, since the last four months of my

morning May 3 '87 Dear friend I got home all right Sunday afternoon—had a nice enjoyable ride—enjoyed my

visit anyhow—Yesterday I felt pretty dry, up in my room, & made a glass of drink, water, sugar & vinegar—from

that bottle you gave me—such as I remember my dear mother making sixty years ago, for my father, of

a hot day, when I was a little boy—& my drink went well too—Nothing new of any importance with me—Send

have just written him a few lines—told him ab't Harry —Warm & sunny to-day & I am sitting here with my

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

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

that the authorization in my letter of November 1st to Mr.

of the full volume of my poems.

I cannot & will not consent of my own volition, to countenance an expurgated edition of my pieces.

I feel it due to myself to write you explicitly thus, my dear Mr.

But I guess you will pick out my meaning. Perhaps, indeed, Mr.

written on November 17, 1867: "I shall always hold it one of the truest & most prized distinctions of my

offer of "friendship": "To be honoured by your friendship is as great a satisfaction & distinction as my

Dear Sir I feel that as my brothers friend you have been neglecred but owing to sickness in the family

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.

Washington Jan. 29, 1872 My Dear Redfield, The $25 you sent me last week duly arrived, for which please

accept this Receipt, & my thanks.

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 Captain!”).

to my barestript heart, And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.

I am running on my nerve, I am running on my spinal cord!

my life.

My Captain!

"Come, Said My Soul" was reprinted in the New York Daily Tribune, 19 February 1876, and on the title

series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my

series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities of the north, to supply myself with funds for my

For my own sake, as well as yours, I wish it were!"

those terrible long lists—Still there is a sufficient sprinkling of deeply distressing cases—I find my

I lost nearly half of my Co. but we won the fight . . .