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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

one to talk too unless he is here, everything is as still as the dead of night, not a sound reaches my

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

Walt: You know that I have written to you last, and I cannot tell how it is that you will not answer my

stoped stopped to until I you know that I cannot enjoy myselfe myself any more at home, if I go up in my

I will have to close my letter, as the paper is running on so adieu if I never hear from you will think

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

London Ont Ontario Canada, Nov November 28– 83 1883 My Dear Old Friend: I arrived here safely Saturday

I am up in my little room writing this while my patients are sadly pacing up and down the hall.

Have 42 men in my charge. Will have to close for the present so good-bye.

London Feb 10—84 Dr Dear Old Friend: Am quite well with the exception of the abcess on my neck, it has

Most of my friends appear to have forgotten me or think me of too little importance to drop a line.

London Ont Ontario Canada Dec December 17th 83 1883 My Dear Old Friend: Your postals came "OK" and found

Haven't heard from home directly but once since my arrival.

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

Walt Whitman: I came across your, and now my, Leaves of Grass when I was eighteen, that is a year ago

I took it to my mother and "wheedled" her as she says, and got her to give the "leaves" to me.

At the page where you breathed on and pressed your hand, I also pressed my hand and so we have had a

condition of London and I am working hard to get out of it and back to America, where I shall bury my

And you have done my brothers & sisters, the race, good.

Feb. 6, 1861 My dear Sir, Please find bill enclosed of 20.24 .

Nov 15 188 0 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir: Will you please send to my address by Express the two volumes

," Whitman says farewell to his poetic project ("My songs cease, I abandon them") and announces that

:O how your fingers drowse me,Your breath falls around me like dew, your pulse lulls the tympans of my

section 1) But the earlier version begins on an intimate, even erotic note:Come closer to me,Push closer, my

became "Poem of the Poet" in the 1856 edition, "Leaves of Grass" number 3 in 1860, and "Now List to My

My Soul and I: The Inner Life of Walt Whitman. Boston: Beacon, 1985.Gregory, Dorothy M-T.

when he attempts to "tell the best," he finds that he cannot:My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots,My

Hattie Cooper is alluding to Whitman's poem "A Christmas Greeting," which had been published in Good-Bye My

I am sending you a copy of my New Spirit which contains an essay that may interest you.

Take my hand Walt Whitman" "Lift me close to your face Till I whisper " "What you are holding is in reality

"Here take from my lips this kiss" "I give it especially to you .

Cooly, composedly, whilst the hot lava inwardly boiling, rages through my breast.

You are my child—Lord & Ideal.

I wish they could see my Soul. Would they deem it lovely. I do not bother much about the exterior.

My eyes fill with tears when I think of it.

He is truly the chief comfort of my life.

I live very quietly in my little cottage, rent the lower floor and though I feel cramped a good deal

There is a matter that has come to my notice lately that I am very anxious to get at the truth about,

The letter he published written by you to my mother about the hospitals and sacred almost to me came

sixty-five poems that had originally appeared in November Boughs (1888); while the second, "Good-Bye my

I felt as though it was my duty to go to him for he is one of the dearest brothers ever was given to

I have loved you for years with my whole heart and soul.

I am too impetuous; I feel my subject too deeply.

And yet I am a writer and make my living by my pen.

hand your beautiful grey hair, and possibly feel your arm about my waist.

It is nothing to me who sees them; I am proud of my feeling for you.

under the pines beside the little Ulster Co. lake— I know you love children and I wish I could show you my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

My version of "Live Oak" differs from Parker's version in the Fourth Edition of The Norton Anthology

of American Literature (1994) , and Parker disapproves of my version, my title, and my interpretation

My essay first appeared in American Poetry Review months before The Continuing Presence came out, and

In any case, it's the later essay with my version of "Live Oak" that Parker rails against.

Parker is right in saying that I neglected to defend my choice, clearly a flaw in my essay.

A line like "What think you I take my pen in hand to record?"

dear friends, my lovers.

my thoughts—I do not expose them, And yet they expose me more than all my other poems.

What is yours is mine, my father . . .

my likeness!

Dear Sir, I have sent you by this mail a little book of verses as a slight token of my Esteem.

To Walt Whitman, My dear Master, I plead no other excuse in writing to you but my great wish to thank

For you have proved to me, lovingly, as few others have done, that a poet—(my own far-off but cherished

Hoping my letter may not weary you or the reading of it try your eyes Believe me Your very grateful admirer

untitled section of the 1855 edition. of Leaves of Grass which, in the 1867 edition, became "Now List to My

English edition of your works—verbatim, without any retrenchments; and I have gone so far as to offer my

Saturday Press, New York, Mch March 27 18 60 My dear Walt: I am so busy that I hardly have time to breathe

This must explain my not answering yr your letter promptly.

I could if necessary give my note at three mos for the amount and it is a good note since we have never

to whom I am an entire stranger will do anything of the kind: but in suggesting it, I have done only my

Jany 9. 1891 My dear Walt Wish you a Happy New Year, and take it in your new tomes and the "Old Gray

By the way in my file of the Sat.

I am living permanently here (that is to say in the old Phalanx near Redbank) and my brother is with

My dear Walt, The books are duly delivered.

Meanwhile I am up to my eyes—and over my eyes even to blindness—in the slough of a fearful road to that

plainer English I am fighting like a thousand Humans to establish the Saturday Press, and have for my

My brother George will deliver this. He is of the right stamp. In haste Henry Clapp.

Monday May 14, '60 My dear Walt : I spent much time yesterday reading your poems, and am more charmed

I want to do great things for you with the book, and as soon as I get over my immediate troubles will

I hope to be able to announce in my next the commencement of our agricultural operations.

It is now some two years ago since your poems were first brought under my notice (by my friend Mr A.

Ladell Balls) and their effect upon my life from that time has been most marked.

This sense forbids my taking up the pen carelessly to intrude upon your attention. I. Mr. H.H.

I came to grasp it; my humility to God, my esteem to you.

to my work as a composer.

Intention must befriend me or my chance must fall.

In the first, I send you a copy of this work, I have perforce of my religious perception, vested the

greeting: the enclosed S on have already "said give lectures or a little charity, ve out of myself." in my

Broadway" you sent me, and was so well pleased with it that I expect to order the following numbers until my

Let me add to the many my respectful and sincere greetings.

I feel, however, unable to withhold my tribute–feeble as it is and I can only pray you to forgive my

My dear Comrade, Will you permit me to add by anticipation my warm congratulations to those of your many

Now, my dear friend, you will doubtless hear many more agreeable things than the foregoing said about

years since I had the pleasure of meeting you at your home in Camden, and I can scarcely express now my

My good friend and fellow-laborer on the Journal, James Chisholm —An American citizen born and reared

Whatever remains for us in "The great labor-house vast of being" let it be a comfort to you, my dear

Aug, 28. 1889 My dear Whitman, I send enclosed a proof of an engraving by Closson from Innes's beautiful

My dear Whitman, The Voice of the Rain does not tempt me, and I return it herewith with thanks.

May 24, 1881 My dear Mr.

I suppose I'm thin-skinned too, sometimes: I never get it quite clear in my old head that I am not popular

My dear Whitman, I have your kind favor of the 11th with the enclosed poem—or series of poems, rather

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 chose not to include the poem in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

My own opinion guess is that myriads of superior works have been lost—superior to existing works in every

waste of ignorance, and the calamities of war, our treasures rather than our losses are the object of my

luxurious and delightful moments of life; which have often enticed me to pass fourteen hours a day at my

desk, in a state of transport; this gratification, more than glory, is my reward.'

What was learned man's compliment, may serve for my confession and conclusion.

book sent March 24 Swanpool Falmouth Cornwall England— March•9•1891• Dear Sir My friend Mr Gleeson White

, (who called on you in November), I think mentioned my name to you as one fond of reading your books

You will make the same disposition of these arms as was indicated to you, in a former case, in my letter

Leese's recommendations for the office of Marshal. 4th; My acceptance of Mr.