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manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1/8 Out from Behind this Mask. small type (On an engraved head, a Portrait 'looking at you.')
1854–1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1855 Leaves (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
draft of the early poem "The Play-Ground," nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1,
Edward Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
before 1855" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
glued to the first leaf and constituted the first part of the note in red pencil at the top of leaf 1
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:153.
1 Beat! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:134; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
drivers" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:175.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:158.
Archive I: Whitman Manuscripts at the Library of Congress, ed Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:
the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
tax form (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
that "the small writing suggests a date in the 1850s" (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
of Whitman's early poem "The Play-Ground," which was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1,
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:156.
Transcribed from Joel Myerson's The Walt Whitman Archive: A Facsimile of the Poet's Manuscripts, vol. 1,
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
details, see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
manuscript (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
or earlier (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:168).
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1850s" (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
the 1860s" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:164).
earlier" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
early 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
or 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
Fragments (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
retreats beneath its half- powdered bones, A In vain objects stand leagues off and assume manifold shapes, 1
early 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
1 Do you know why what m usic does to the soul?
1 American literature must become distinct from all others.
2 9A 1 dithyrambic trochee iambic anaepest.
The example for hexameter (at the bottom of leaf 1 recto) is taken from a line in Homer.
published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review ("Translators of Homer," American Whig Review 4, no. 1
Grier (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:355–356.
was inherited by his son, His wife was Phebe Sarah White— Sarah White born about 1713 " died " 180 1
Cunningham Jesse Whitman, jr born June 25, 1776 Died at Dix Hills, Sept. 8, 1845 Sarah Whitman, born Jan. 1,
under chief command of Washington, See 1st edition Reminiscences of Long Island, vol. 2, page 28 or vol 1,
were sold (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
like page 2 1120) (7 7840 160 4 1160) 6400 (5 5800 600 2 for frontispiece & fly for title & blank 15—1
of Grass (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:
year may have been 1863 when Lee and Jackson pushed northward until Lee was halted at Gettysburg, July 1–
of this leaf is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number 1
Song of the Universal June, 1874 Camden # Space 1 Come , said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet yet has
Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:222).