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(1856) by William Henry Smith.

the ostent"—the universal spirit that breathes throughout nature and persons.BibliographyFriedman, William

My dear friend, I shall return to Washington next Saturday, 15th—William, it would be a favor if you

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to William D.

William, (as you seem to be destin'd destined to defend the banner) I say here once for all you have

to make any extracts, at any time, should you so like from any of my letters— W W Walt Whitman to William

Kennedy Whitman wrote another letter on the back of Kennedy's letter, and forwarded the whole to William

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [2 January 1886]

I also knew that in some ways the College of William & Mary was ill-suited to undertake it.

Gross, College of William & Mary; Walter Grunzweig, University of Dortmund (Germany).

He has plans to develop an Iowa center for the project to complement the one at William & Mary.

Talks are currently underway at William & Mary to provide the with an expense budget.

This project has generated a high level of excitement at William & Mary.

we had conquered— The captain on the quarter-deck, coldly giving his orders through a countenance white

Near by, the corpse of the child that served in the cabin, The dead face of an old salt, with long white

Continues the deathly whiteness.

Ingersoll said to W. once, "I don't like death—it is so white—so still!"

clouds about him, might not be contemned condemned , even by the Princes of the Nighest Circle to the White

Swaying above the prostrate mortal, the Spirit bends his white neck, and his face is shaded by the curls

At the word, the white vestments wherewith they had bound S HIRVAL began to move.

His limbs felt the wondrous impulse—he rose, and stood up among them, wrapped in his shroud and the white

back with feelings of reverence and respect for the destiny which threw him in contact with the good white-haired

His hair and beard, both of which were white as the driven snow and of great length, blended beautifully

Mason, passed assistant surgeon; John O’Means, acting purser; William F.

Sharp was called to the chair and William Gascoyne appointed secretary.

The following officers were then unanimously elected for the ensuing year: Captain —WILLIAM H.

William Gascoyne , secretary. Brooklyn, Nov. 4th, 1847. HATS.

length of years seldom vouchsafed to his kind; and his head was thinly covered with hair of a silvery whiteness

assured him I was not jesting, he began telling me of former times, and how it came to be that this white-haired

In a short time, as the white-haired ancient was out of sight, the square was cleared, and I stood in

sum of all known value and respect I add up in you whoever you are; The President is up there in the White

All architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it; Did you think it was in the white or gray

fruitstand . . . . the beef on the butcher's stall, The bread and cakes in the bakery . . . . the white

surrounding cloud that will not free my soul. 3 In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd

wheat, every grain from its shroud in the dark-brown fields uprisen, Passing the apple-tree blows of white

I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, I saw the debris

surrounding cloud that will not free my soul. 3 In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd

wheat, every grain from its shroud in the dark-brown fields uprisen, Passing the apple-tree blows of white

I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, I saw the debris

His hair is long and like his whiskers is of snowy whiteness.

His white shirt was cut in true sailor style, opening low down upon his breast, and with the collar rolled

The whole dress with the white flowing hair and whiskers were suggestive of a nature that one is afterwards

27, 1891Wallace met me, 4:55, as by appointment at Drexel Building, and here we looked up Frank Williams

Williams and I pointed out to Wallace the main places, buildings, landmarks—and we wandered across the

Williams said, "I am glad you fellows came in to see me.

Wallace had joked with Williams, "I find I have got to Timber Creek before some of your people here."

Then, "I saw by the papers that William's 'Three Tales' are to be out today.

the unearthly cry, Its veins down the neck distend, its eyes roll till they show nothing but their whites

Off the word I have spoken I except not one—red, white, black, are all deific, In each house is the ovum

soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long, Heard who sprang in crimson youth from the white

She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse, The sun just shines on her old white

The cactus guarded with thorns, the laurel-tree with large white flowers, The range afar, the richness

the unearthly cry, Its veins down the neck distend, its eyes roll till they show nothing but their whites

Off the word I have spoken I except not one—red, white, black, are all deific, In each house is the ovum

soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long, Heard who sprang in crimson youth from the white

She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse, The sun just shines on her old white

The cactus guarded with thorns, the laurel-tree with large white flowers, The range afar, the richness

His beard and hair were snow-white, his complexion a fine colour, and unwrinkled.

He was dressed always in a complete suit of grey clothes with a large and spotless white linen collar

, his flowing white beard filling in the gap at his strong sunburnt throat.

twinkle of amusement in his blue eyes, their blueness intensified by their overhanging, bushy, snow-white

year of which I write he stayed at Timber Creek, and dilated on these pleasures:— "The birds at the White

William Fullerton, 11 Pine street New York City.

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen William

Evarts to William Fullerton, 23 December 1868

& help to me, as she can advise me better than any one, what to do, & help me about disposing of William's

Do you think there is any good picture of William? one that you really like?

(over) I have a picture of William taken long ago that I like very much but would it be as satisfactory

C. spoke of the remnants of the old Bohemian crowd—expressed contempt for William Winter —called him

Show John this letter—I send him my love—William, I have not yet rec'd any letters—when any come, send

Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to William D.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Evert Duyckinck, Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Horatio Greenough, William

Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, William Gilmore Simms, William Ellery Channing, and Henry David

Henry Weller, Acting Governor of New Mexico, in reprieving William Knorr, convicted of "removing from

Gordon Granger, and case of William Knorr New Mex. seven other officers of the Army, in which Knorr was

Walt Whitman with Katharine "Kitty" Devereux Johnston and Harold "Harry" Hugh Johnston by William Kurtz

For more information on William Kurtz, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

William is Sick most of the time. we have had the fashionable Complaint. the Gripp. the Boarder in the

said was acquainted with your brothers family. her Sister lived in my house at one time, nice family William

them. in the meantime I wish you many happy Birth Days , and you may believe me as ever your friend William

William H. Taylor to Walt Whitman, 15 June 1891

well father i will close now with giveing yo the address write soon for i long to heer from yo from William

E Vandemark to his father good by William E.

William, if you could hear of a room, I wish you would engage it for me—if Gwinne has one, it would do—take

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 20 January 1865

manner which, if irony were not a mode rather foreign to him, we should consider ironical, that "William

William O'Connor and Dr.

We have no concern with William O'Connor and Dr. Bucke. If we have concern with Mr.

wants something newer and better than the old poetry, and that his poetry is not an achievement (William

All this is granted by us, or rather spontaneously asserted, and if William O'Connor and Dr.

I read him this passage from a letter written by Morris to me yesterday: "Williams and I took a trip

W. had made up considerable mail—mostly papers: said: "I always write William's postal in the evening

said: "Show Dave the Saturday Review, then mail it right off to O'Connor tomorrow: I shall write William

He added: "Some day I want you to enlarge on that: I want you to put it down, in black and white, so

can be understood for and against: you should say something in that line in one of your letters to William

, I was refresh'd by the storm; I watch'd with joy the threatening maws of the waves; I mark'd the white

emerge on the opposite bank—others are just entering the ford—while, Scarlet, and blue, and snowy white

the single figure to me, Amid all teeming and wealthy Ohio, with all its cities and farms, Sickly white

Then to the third—a face nor child, nor old, very calm, as of beautiful yellow-white ivory; Young man

and still, in the coffin —I draw near; I bend down, and touch lightly with my lips the white face in

night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, with stealthy tread, Leaving me baskets cover'd with white

means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and nar- row narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

of their mothers' laps; And here you are the mothers' laps; This grass is very dark to be from the white

The young men float on their backs—their white bel- lies bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who

I believe in those wing'd purposes, And acknowledge red, yellow, white, playing within me, And consider

side through the night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, And leaves for me baskets covered with white

And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs—their white bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who seizes fast

I believe in those winged purposes, And acknowledge red, yellow, white, playing within me, And consider

side through the night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, And leaves for me baskets covered with white

And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs, their white bellies bulge to the sun, they do not ask who seizes

Painless after all I lie, exhausted but not so un- happy unhappy , White and beautiful are the faces

night, and withdraws at the peep of the day, with stealthy tread, Leaving me baskets cover'd with white

Growing among black folks as among white; Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same,

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers; Darker than the colorless beards of

The young men float on their backs—their white bellies bulge to the sun—they do not ask who seizes fast

I depart as air—I shake my white locks at the run- away runaway sun; I effuse my flesh in eddies, and

William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Sir: I have the honor to return herewith a letter from Hon.

Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen Orville Hickman Browning to William

honor to ask your attention to certain papers which I enclose for your examination in the case of William

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger William

Walt Whitman with Katharine "Kitty" Devereux Johnston and Harold "Harry" Hugh Johnston by William Kurtz

For more information on William Kurtz, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."

Williams Kind regards to Mrs. Davis. Mary B. H. Williams to Walt Whitman, 3 September 1888

spells of weakness with heavy aching head—I think the throat is no worse, but it is not well yet— William

change in my condition— Good bye for present, my dear friend, & God bless you — Walt Walt Whitman to William

in Kilmarnock, Smith mainly educated himself by reading Sir Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, William

William Sinclair. Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1909. Zweig, Paul. Walt Whitman: The Making of the Poet.

O'Connor's letter, too, and "sorry," he said, "that all the publishing of William's book seems yet in

Poor William! Great William!"

men badly burnt by explosion of caissons &c —wrote a number of letters for Ohio & Indiana m en Wm Williams

Armory May 12 William Williams co F. 27th Indiana wounded seriously in shoulder— a he lay naked to the

Williams Lafayette Tippecanoe co. Indiana Noah Laing bed 36 Ward I Mrs. Edwin Burt.

Cooper has been coaxing, persuading, begging, entreating, commanding even William to go on with them

and I assented most heartily.Dear Walt, we long for you, William sighs for you, and I feel as if a large

The O'Connor home was my home: they were beyond all others—William, Nelly—my understanders, my lovers

My relations with Nelly and William were quite exceptional: extended to both phases—the personal, the

general: they were my unvarying partisans, my unshakable lovers—my espousers: William, Nelly: William

shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white

on the dead cart with its rigid forms, piled upon each other like logs—the stark swaying arms—the white

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978).

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New