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trust you are (even if "very very slowly") gaining and am glad to have you say that you believe in my
to see them—I wrote to you to write & confer with him (R) —but have no word f'm you—Did you receive my
this time—I have nothing from R. now for a long, long while (with that exception)— I am laid up in my
sick room—essentially the sixth recurrence of my war paralysis—& have been (two or three spells serious
feeble, cannot get across the room without assistance—have a nurse, a good, strong Canadian young man—my
the same as hitherto—have mean time bro't out "November Boughs," 140 pages, & a big Vol. 900 pages, my
Camden Jan. 8, 1889 Tom, if you have it and you can, I wish you w'd fill my bottle again with that Sherry
Wicklow My dear Walt I have to tell you that towards the end of December I sent back to the German publisher
Democracy To a Boy of the West Doubt of Appearances Give me the Sun To one about to die (KK) That Shadow My
Who Learns my Lesson complete What am I— Square Deific. O Poverty, wincings—.
Please accept my best wishes that the year we have entered upon may bring to you much calm peacefulness
I am, my dear sir, yours very truly and gratefully, Mary Ashley Mary Ashley to Walt Whitman, 7 January
These days I seem to need something: seem to be looking for something—feeling towards it: something my
periodicals, and I would not myself encroach on the space devoted to the work of other contributors; but my
Reprinted under the new title "To the Pending Year" in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).; Our transcription is
I am paying a visit—it is a vacation—to Benjamin Jowett, the Head of my college, a venerable and dreadful
It makes one realize how much your generation—my father's generation—has done for progress, I only hope
My father is extremely well, and enjoying life. Mrs.
Your card of the 24th came two days ago, not a little to my relief.
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
Camden New Jersey Evn'g Jan: 5 '89 I want to send at once my brief thanks & appreciation of y'r notice
Walt Whitman: My dear Sir, I take the liberty of sending you in the same mail with this, a little pamphlet
Should it prove so, my object will then be attained.
And in my own day and maturity, my eyes have seen and ears heard, Lincoln, Grant and Emerson, and my
I have put my name with pen and ink with my own hand in the present volume.
I felt it all as positively then in my young days as I do now in my old ones: to formulate a poem whose
, and has been the comfort of my life since it was originally commenced.
Then the simile of my friend, John Burroughs, is entirely true.
furnished me by the printer after all, & I will send you 15 copies —The cards in the little envelope are my
Tom H. comes every day—my brother George also—my sister Lou has just visited me this mn'g—Y'r letter
treatment applied to himself—it is autobiographic of course—pathologic— It grows cloudy & cooler—have had my
"After completing my poems," then, writes Mr.
"That I have not gain'd the acceptance of my own time; that from a worldly and business point of view
I had my choice when I commenced.
"The best comfort of the whole business is that I have had my say entirely my own way—the value thereof
No one will get at my verses who insists upon viewing them as a literary performance."
Whitman originally included the poem in his 1891 manuscript for the Good-Bye My Fancy annex to Leaves
loc.04657xxx.00948[To-day completes my three-score-and]1889prosepoetry1 leafprintedhandwritten; Printer's
[To-day completes my three-score-and]
Echoes cluster, first published in Lippincott's Magazine 47 (March 1891) and then reprinted in Good-bye My
The writing on the verso (not in Whitman's hand) makes reference to Good-Bye My Fancy and to Sounds of
the verso (not in Whitman's hand) makes reference to the title of this poem, as well as to Good-Bye My
The poem was retitled To the Pending Year for its inclusion in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) Have I no word
22tex.00036xxx.00384MY 71st YEARMY 71st YEAR1889poetry1 leafproof with revisions; Corrected proof of My
MY 71st YEAR
It later appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called
which was published in Lippincott's Magazine as To the Sunset Breeze in December 1890, in Good-Bye My
Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye my Fancy annex, in the so-called deathbed edition of Leaves
Retitled To the Pending Year, it was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) and, as part of the Good-Bye
my Fancy annex, in the so-called deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891–92).
ihm.00002xxx.00218O Captain! My Captain!
1889-1890poetry1 leafhandwritten; A manuscript copy of O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!
Whitman inscribed this photograph: "My 71st year arrives: the fifteen past months nearly all illness
work—smoothing out the irregularities, wrinkles, and what they consider defects in a person's face—but, at my
I trace my highest and best thoughts and feelings to your poems.
Camden Evn'g: Jan: 1 '89 My best loving wishes for the New Year to you and William —O if deepest wishes
, though slowly—I & many are looking more than he knows toward W's propects—Best love & sympathy to my
weather—upon the whole the finest December we ever had here—has changed, & to-day is dark & sulky & dripping—My
this morning—I am sitting here in the big chair—have eaten some ice cream — drank a cup of milk for my
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
collected Vol —Was wondering whether that w'd be detected—did not say anything ab't it, but it has been in my
accept the matter below it, & shall practically put it in action—as I finish I am sitting alone by my
good last night—no doctor now three or four days—a note from Mrs: Fairchild Boston rec'g the big book—my
be printed Jan: 5—I will send you a copy at once—have been taking some ice cream & a cup of milk for my
continue to feel fairly & what may be call'd improving—bowel movement this forenoon—I read letter from my
practically with it—certainly so—& glad to get it all— As I write, the Post paper comes, with an item ab't my
a second time—I guess I am getting along pretty well, considering everything—to have the books off my
'88 Thanks dear Kitty, dear friend, dear girl, for the beautiful photo—it is indeed beautiful—give my
On December 17, 1888, Katherine (Kitty) wrote to "My dear Uncle Walt": "We have once more made a nest
That wonderful title page I look at & look at, & can't seem to get dovetailed into my mind.
My day had a sad ending.
Please give my very special congratulations to Traubel anent this big volume (for I suppose he helped
And give my regards to your Canadian nurse-friend.
My dear Friend: I received your beautiful gift yesterday afternoon just in time for Xmas, and I cannot
I shall place these and your full-grown volume together, and hand them down to my children I enclose
For my own part I have just had a glorious dinner of roast turkey and plum pudding and feel well!
My great anxiety now is to put meter matters in such shape that I may get to Phila and see yourself and
Traubel and see with my own eyes how things are with you.
Dave, I send a couple copies of my pho's, one for the children each—(If I knew their first names I w'd
have written on) W W Have just had my breakfast—hot buckwheat cakes with syrup & a cup of tea— Merry
decidedly better—I want to send a package to Mr Pearsall Smith's by European Express with several big Vols. my
urged the warm bath, medicine, moderate diet (almost starvation diet is safest for him) he has answered my
Dear J—& thanks—I am better now & sit up most of the day—had some mutton-broth, toast & an oyster for my
breakfast—We are going to have fine weather for Christmas—I rec'd a letter from Miss Harbinson ack'g the book—My
Candidly and dispassionately reviewing all my intentions, I feel that they were creditable—and I accept
Or rather, to be quite exact, a desire that had been flitting through my previous life, or hovering on
feeling or ambition to articulate and faithfully express in literary or poetic form and uncompromisingly my
in a few lines, I shall only say the espousing principle of those lines so gives breath of life to my
Difficult as it will be it has become, in my opinion, imperative to achieve a shifted attitude from superior
Dec 23 d 1888 Dear Walt: I am sitting here in my bark-covered study this bright sharp day, writing you
I am feeling well, better than one year ago this time, my summers work I think has put something into
If I could only continue my farm work or else hibernate like a woodchuck I should be glad.
From the two far corners of my office (where I am sitting) the 1st & 2d heads look down upon me grandly
Milwaukee, Dec. 23 1888 My dear Jessie A Merry Christmas to you— I enclose a little momento as I could
They have all an intense (sometimes most painfull) interest to me—but whether cheering or the reverse my
Camden 10 A M Dec: 21 '88 Every thing continues not unfavorable at least—had a fair night & have eaten my
Saturday, P M—Bright and real cold here—as I sit, the great wolf skin is spread on the chair to protect my
Camden Evn'g Dec: 21 '88 Thanks for your good letter rec'd this forenoon—I sympathize with William as my
I often wish that I could write you a long letter, & tell you all about us, but as I wrote you, my head
& eyes gave out , & I can write but very little, even to my two sisters,— & we are all that are left
We are all well, this is Clare's birthday (my oldest girl) she is 18 today.
Camden 10½ a m Dec: 20 '88 Am getting along—more favorably turning than the other—relish'd my mutton-broth
Dante's filmy ghosts, rushing by with mere gibberish)—yes it is mainly all autobiographic environ'd with my
they are strengthening me & I wish to send you these few words of thanks & gratitude for the sake of my
dead love & my living grief.