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Whitman:— During my absence your note of the 4th, inst was left here by Mr. Traubel.

the practice to cheer them up with presents—and, as I believed that your "Leaves of Grass" would give my

I have lately abandoned my intention—half-formed—of trying to earn my living at the bar—and I am uncertain

Amongst other things, if it is not done before I can put my hand to it, I will, if you will give me leave

knowledge as the digesting by time can alone give—of your poems, and I need not add that if it came in my

I am afraid that my letter is growing to a much-too-great size, but there is one more topic.

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

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

My dear Walt Whitman: I am writing to you reverently and humbly and yet with a feeling that I may do

My Dear Walt Whitman: I thank you more than I can say for your autograph in my book, and also for the

With every felicitation, and with all my heart, I am sincerely and gratefully yours Josephine Webling

July 10 th 1880 My dear Walt Whitman.

I remain My dear Walt Whitman Yours Faithfully Josiah Child Josiah Child to Walt Whitman, 10 July 1880

My dear Walt Whitman I send you on behalf of Trübner & Co a draft for $14.43 for 39 copies of "Democratic

I remain my dear Walt Yours Sincerely Josiah Child Josiah Child to Walt Whitman, 20 October 1888

. . and I split off with the radicals, which led to rows with the boss and 'the party,' and I lost my

My ties and ballasts leave me . . ." ("Song of Myself," section 33).

(Pleas'd to my soul at death I cry,) Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage we

(Pleas'd to my soul at death I cry,) Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage we

My Brother's Keeper: James Joyce's Early Years. Ed. Richard Ellmann. New York: Viking, 1958.

I have two of your books, Leaves of Grass, and Two Rivulets ; they have been a light to my steps, these

Flat bush L I Nov 12 th From time of your health I will surety to my Ch arles Hine ) til form how he

Whitman, Dear Friend I received your kind and ever welcome letter from you and glad to hear that my brother

251 F 30th Thursday Evening Jan 21 '69 My dear Mr Whitman, I thank you for your thoughtfulness in sending

The Herald, New York, Sept 23, 188 8 My Dear Whitman: How can I tell whether this brings pleasant or

My Dear, "Good, Gray Poet.

I thank you, my dear sir, for your remembrance, and shall cherish it as long as I shall live.

My Dear Poet: I would be very glad to go to Philadelphia to take part in the testimonial in your honor

City Point Va Feby 16th 1865 My Dear Friend, The Box for your brother, Captain Whitman, was sent on the

.00986My Native Sand and Salt Once MoreJuly 25 '81—Far Rockaway LI1881prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of My

Also included in this manuscript is a draft of That Shadow My Likeness, first published in New-York Saturday

This poem later appeared as Calamus No. 40, Leaves of Grass (1860); as That Shadow My Likeness, Leaves

London Saturday 23 Sept. 1876 Dear Walt Whitman I have received your volume and thank you heartily My

here is this old Africa & very unhappy send a message to you in America who are helping me to bear my

They were among the last things we ever read together but a few weeks ago in England when my life seemed

I am reading your poems now again alone & in the bitterness of my heart in this place to which I have

come to struggle with my sorrow.

dead love & my living grief.

Department What has become of Mr OConnors People are they still in washington if they are give them my

you will I shall be very much obliged If this letter gets to you and I receive an ans I will send you my

there from Saturday night until Monday morning before any train left I dont think I ever was so sick in my

with your office I am in hopes you have recd it before this time I begun to think that your office & my

discharge had gone to the same place now I have got my papers I think you had ought to receive yours

I cant write any more this time my hand trembles so I can hardly write but I will try & do better next

time give my best respects to Mr & Mrs O Connor.

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

Mr Whitman Dear Sir I once more take my pen in hand to write a few lines to you And if I dont get an

Yours Truly I have my Photograph when I receive yours I will send you Give my respects to Mrs.

My health is some better than it was when I left the Hospital, but I am not well by a good deal and I

New York Sept 14 '83 My dear Sir; Dr.

I am at present very busy as I want to complete my critical history of American literature as soon as

My dear Sir; The translations of your poems are now ready for the printer and the MS will sail for Europe

Mendocino Co., California Aug. 2. 1877 Walt Whitman My beloved.

I know it was especially for me You will take my kisses and love as from me that knows you and can never

John Burroughs more than any one anyone that I know, fitly expresses my thought of you.

never met that seemed to have the faintest understanding of you so I keep you all to myself locked in my

perhaps to receive a note from one whose name even you do not know, but I have long had you down in my

heart as one of my friends, and will tell you all about how I came to write to you now.

Last week I had a letter from my friend Miss M. E.

Often when I am reading it I take the words right home to my heart, and feel stronger and better for

friend forever, though I may never see his face, and this must be my excuse now.

11.27—1891 My dear friend Walt Whitman, I want, before you go beyond reach of such messages, to send

you my love and admiration and thanks.

Bless you, dear Walt,—& I wish that I might bear all your bodily pain & weakness upon my own strong young

My dear Uncle Walt: I thought you would like to see your little Kittie's face so send my photograph wishing

(from my dear friend, Little Kitty (14 yr's old) daughter of my friend Johnston the jeweler—with very

My dear Sir.

has hitherto hindered me from sending a frank message of love and thanks to you, in the thought that my

That overwhelming outburst of spirit was the first thing to stamp my nature.

My first coherent memory is of the Brooklyn 14 th Regiment recruiting on Fort Green in 1861.

could be offered for them, as the Magazine has been neglected of late, and has only recently come into my

I would send you a volume of poems of my own, but they are very juvenile; and I would rather not be known

My wife & I would both be delighted if you could come and stay with us so long as might suit you.

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

You will excuse my putting Esqr after your name—I consider it would be out of place; and a mere empty

Sep. 16th 189 1 My Dear Walt Whitman For the sake of the good your works & life have done me I should

the sea—but—I found a family affair, which caused me some astonishment & some pain which took up all my

peering, dallying with all—war, peace, day and night absorbing, Never even for one brief hour abandoning my

I sing of life, yet mind me well of death: To-day shadowy Death dogs my steps, my seated shape, and has

Purport" (1891)First published in the last section of Leaves of Grass supervised by the author ("Good-Bye my

One of those children was five-year-old Walt Whitman, who, as he recorded in "My First Reading—Lafayette

"My First Reading—Lafayette." Specimen Days. Vol. 1 of Prose Works 1892. Ed. Floyd Stovall.

latter years, when asked how he could have done so much, he replied, "Have I not spent fifty years at my

constituted true democracy, yet again lauded his poetry for its "bigness and naïvety" and singled out "My

Captain, O my Captain" [sic] as "surely one of the most tender and beautiful poems in any language"

.— When my little friend Tom Thumb, travelled with the circus he stood behind the stand, in a Missouri

I was alone, the family of my host having gone on some visit to a neighbor.

Insensibly, my consciousness became less and less distinct; my head leaned back; my eyes closed; and

my senses relaxed from their waking vigilance.

The person to whom I spoke stared in my face surprisedly.

"Himself hung it around my neck," said the veteran.

Mr Whitman, Dear Sir, My friend & yours Mr Joaquin Miller tells me that the best way to gratify a long-cherished

greatest men of our age both abroad & at home; & when I remember your work during our dreadful war, my

heart as well as my pride is touched, & I cannot though a stranger to you, forbear presenting to the

true man a nobler title even than that of the true poet, my profoundest respect & admiration— With sincere

January 29th 1891 My dear Sir If there is a wounding word in the "Overland" article in which I speak

My dear Madam Kindly send apace—address as asked for on Enclosed sheet.

in reading "John Russell Youngs reminiscences of Walt Whitman " as published in last evn'gs Paper, my

Such we shall pray & hope for—I have always longed to hear you recite "Captain, Oh, My Captain," & may

Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!

"O Captain! My Captain!"

For more information on the poem, see Gregory Eiselein, "'O Captain! My Captain!'

Walt Whitman My dear friend, much do I regret to hear of your increased illness—yet, let us hope for