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deleted with a single pencil stroke, appear after revision and expansion to have eventually formed part
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster.
leaf7 x 21 cm; The laid paper was originally the last page of a letter; a few illegible words and part
the lines on another manuscript in the University of Virginia collection, which were revised to form part
The lines eventually became part of the independent poem Poets to Come.
book in a conversation with Horace Traubel on December 9, 1889 (With Walt Whitman in Camden, 6:180–2)
brain]about 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf5 x 16 cm; Draft lines of an incomplete poem, of which other parts
Inscribed and extensively revised in pencil, these verses were part of a larger set of lines before Whitman
WhitmanThe voice is a curious organ1850-1855prose1handwrittenprinted; This manuscript scrap might be part
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster.
It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, originally untitled, part of which eventually
The poem was later published in Leaves of Grass as part of the Autumn Rivulets cluster (1881, p. 310)
On the reverse are lines that were possibly also written as part of the process for the creation of that
It was also part of a series of reviews printed separately and included in some copies of the 1855 edition
Other lines and words became part of the opening lines of Broad-Axe Poem and Bunch Poem in the 1856 edition
On the reverse (nyp.00733) are lines used in a different part of the same poem.; nyp.00733 Night of south
First published as part of Poem of Salutation in Leaves of Grass (1856), then as part of Salut au Monde
On the back of this manuscript is a prose fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem
11You lusty and graceflu youthBetween 1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten; An early version of a part
relate to the second poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled A Song for Occupations, and part
duk.00066xxx.01167ChronologicalBetween 1854 and 1860prose1 leaf, with 2 pasted-on attachmentshandwritten
backing sheet with two smaller manuscript scraps pasted on, which together, at one time, likely formed part
The pasted-on manuscript scraps were originally part of the notebook "women" (loc.05589), which probably
Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on (duk.00878) relate to what became section 2 of
prayBefore or early in 1855poetryprose1 leafhandwritten; An early scrap of prose material similar to parts
Below the note is pasted a newspaper clipping with a story attributed to Aristotle.
1850 and 1860prosehandwritten20 leaves; References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts
especially in the early pages, on the Constitution as a contract reflects his reading of at least parts
The reverse side of the leaf is part of a manuscript (duk.00066) discussing the conception of time.;
another scrap, the reverse of which (duk.00878) features prose notes that relate to what became section 2
The writing on the reverse side of the leaf (duk.00001) contributed to a different part of the poem that
On the reverse (duk.00032) is also an early version of a part of Great Are the Myths.; duk.00032 Are
.00047his poem of theBetween 1850 and 1860poetryprose2 leaveshandwritten; These two scraps once formed part
The identity of the "large, good-looking woman" and the source of the story about Tom Thumb are unknown
number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part
great Meteor]between 1850-1860poetryhandwritten2 leaves25 x 18 cm; A draft of an unpublished poem, part
.— You will see that the title of the original is "The childhood of Erik Menved"; the latter part of
the original story, consisting very much of prolic prolix detail of historical events, gives it that
name—but that part of the story I have contracted into a few paragraphs—and have taken a singular trait
suit you, and how much it would be worth to you, so that I can have an answer by the middle or latter part
of the week.— The story would make about 65 leaded short columns of the Sun—so that, at an average of
is referring to Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), who was a Swedish reformer and a writer of romantic stories
Excepting in the western parts, which are mostly hilly, the surface is either level or composed of gentle
Scotland, or the northern part of Britain, is more rugged and hilly than England, and is much indented
Scotland, latterly, has advanced in social and physical improvement at a more rapid pace than any other part
it cannot be doubted that Ireland will ultimately enjoy a degree of prosperity equal to that of any part
sanction of all the three branches of the legislature, it is called an Act of Parliament, and becomes part
There are 2 four yugs or ages : the first was the age of innocence or truth, and embraces 1,728,000 years
praise of blood the gallows, the knout, torture, &c. ☝ At one point, this manuscript likely formed part
The longest of these notes, which appears on p. 2 of the appendix, constitutes a draft of a passage that
With this list, Whitman was gathering material for the noteworthy final section, a paean to body parts
Gelardi, “Nearshore Saltwater Sportfish,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, pg. 2,
Rockaway, too, and many other parts of sea-girt Paumanok.
Gelardi, “Nearshore Saltwater Sportfish,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, pg. 2,
Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:
And even good singers, upon the stage beyond them, you may see presently, who will mar their parts with
In answer to the old man's rebukes and questions, we hear the story of love.
I always thought the plot of the "Favorite" a peculiarly well-proportioned and charming story.
Is it the story of his own sad wreck he utters? Listen.
Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:
The next year, a block house, called "Fort Nassau," was built on Castle ☜ Island, now forming a part
of the famous apostle of New England, John Eliot, to teach the gospel to the savages, near Boston. 2
this congregation remained in Holland, under their clergyman, the Reverend John Robinson : another part
The ground on which the church is erected is part of what formed one of the intrenchments of our army
It is well enough to probe a wound to ascertain its nature and extent, but the probing is no part of
The story is much older than Kirke.
In a late memoir (Achille de Vaulabelle's) of the "Two Restorations," we are told that an old story of
But on the appearance of the story in an English work, a naval officer who witnessed the affair of the
The story of the Duke of Wellington lying in the hollow square of the Guards at Waterloo, and, on the
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
.— ☞ At a late fire in Cambridge, Mass., while the flames were consuming the lower part of a dwelling
Fay, a merchant of Boston, and boarder at the Brattle House, observed in the upper story a female and
The entire upper part of the building was in a moment after enveloped in flames.
Tribune March 12 1852 Part of this notebook outlines a piece of early fiction.
The name of the character "Covert" also appears in Whitman's story "Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a
The name of the character "Covert" also appears in Whitman's story "Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a
first published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review in 1845, although the plot of that story
The leaf originally was part of a larger notebook (loc.00024) that probably dates to between 1853 and
in The American in October 1880 as My Picture-Gallery, a poem later included in Leaves of Grass as part
Whitman's reference to the sinking of the San Francisco indicates that this notebook, "or at least part
and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American in October 1880 and then in Leaves of Grass as part
P., dated Mexico, Jan. 2, 1854, and describing his successful attempt to ascend Popocatapetl in the depth
The crater is a vast basin, three miles in circumference and 900 feet deep; in some parts perpendicular
1881 edition, Whitman insisted on its facing "Song of Myself" because the portrait "is involved as part
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
—They are part of the organic motion of the city, for the life and health of it from head to foot.— WW