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Fittingly, 1892, the year of Whitman's death, witnessed the poem "Good-Bye my Fancy!

Against a backdrop of fluctuation, a continuity in Whitman's thought emerges, and with "Good-Bye my Fancy

liked it, and on 20 April 1884 he wrote to Anne Gilchrist, "I have moved into a little old shanty of my

M Chicago, June 1 st 18 89 My Dear Old Friend The enclosed I clipped from the Inter Ocean today, and

as this is my 48 th birthday, I am prompted by old recolections recollections to write you a few lines

I was in Washington the 2nd and I went to No 34 4 ½ Street and pawned my Watch a good American Lever,

for $22.07 which I was to pay within a month but I was robbed of my pocket Book which contained a receipt

connections between literature and psychology, as do his two biographies: Melville (1975) and Salem Is My

"Millet is my painter," Whitman said; "he belongs to me: I have written Walt Whitman all over him" (With

Oberlin Ohio Aug 9th 1867 Mr Whitman Dr Dear sir I take this opportunity to inform you that I have made my

trip to Wisconsin and returned here yesterday, and will soon be in Washington and hope my orders will

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

and which are my miracles?

Realism is mine—my miracles—Take freely, Take without end—I offer them to you wherever your feet can

As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight

any one I love—or sleep in the bed at night with any one I love, Or sit at the table at dinner with my

perfect old man, or the perfect old woman, Or the sick in hospitals, or the dead carried to burial, Or my

As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight

As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight

of cities and the shop- fronts shopfronts , (Account for it or not—credit or not—it is all true, And my

He delighted in making "acquaintances among the captains, boatmen, or other characters" (Complete 1201

I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul; and I must

Before the window where I do my morning work, there is an old lilac tree, dating from my grandmother's

Forgive my assurance, and, if possible give me that pleasure of that great recompense for being so unknown

Feb. 1, 68 My dear friend, I have but a moment in which to write to you, if I save the mail.

My object is to ask you, in behalf of Hotten, whether it is consistent with your will that the selection

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

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my

My dear friend, It gave me much pleasure to hear from you; and now I am quite full of gratitude for the

I shall keep my eyes wide open; and the volume with O'C's introduction shall come out just as it is.

My dear friend, I regret to say that our hopes of getting out the complete and arranged edition of your

My first feeling at hearing of this arrangement was one of regret.

In the next place it is far better, in my opinion and that of your real friends here, that the introduction

facts together with the assured social and literary position of Rossetti make him of all persons of my

Conway Observe my change of address Moncure D. Conway to Walt Whitman, 12 October 1867

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

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

My dear Whitman, I have been voyaging amid the Hebrides,—strolling amid the Highlands,—loafing by the

Sea,—trying to extract from two or three weeks' vacation some vigour vigor and virtue for my work, which

(If you see him tell him that his accompanying letter got lost in my absence or it shd should have been

await us—you must (letting me know beforehand the Ship by which you sail from America) come straight to my

My motive was the necessity of saving you & your relatives from the degradation implied in Mr.

You may remember that I talked to you in my bedroom about your circumstances, after I had conversed with

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

My dear Walt, I introduce to you Mr.

My dear Walt, I regret to say I was unable to do anything with the proof of Personalism.

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

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

how often I have heard that—'my misery! my misery!'—down there in the South!

I must submit to my untoward fate."

When I got over and looked through my pockets for W.'

"I see that—I see its truth: I was quite reckless in my earlier days.

my book and what it stands for—or what they think it stands for.

Explained to him substance of my letter to Truth—that they should let me write about new book—review

Then, "I suppose my article should be in Thursday's issue. I wish you would look out for it.

My changes were very few—and anyhow, the real speech is the speech we entirely lost."

"This will be my last public appearance, without a doubt: it is not in me to make a trial again: at least

In my own work—in Leaves of Grass—I have known no anxiety greater than to keep abreast of these results—not

Spoke particularly of "wishing Agnes [my sister] to be present—and Mrs. Harned, too."

Bucke tomorrow, I must save all my strength."

Then said as to Davidson: "Give him my best regards—tell him, if you get the chance (for me particularly

Then away, with promise to stop in tomorrow forenoon on my way to Philadelphia.

Whitman:I am very anxious not to leave this country without paying my respects to you, and bearing to

My judgment would, on the whole, the judgment I sent to The Herald, be considered unfavorable."

It more than meets my expectations: its serenity, its seriosity—which stops finely short of ministerial

You go as my representative." "All right. And what shall I say of the picture when I get there?"

, through my consciousness since I commenced to be untrammeled in thought: he has given me views which

help to render my 'dark days' endurable and my nights teem with companions.

He travels with me and he points out the goodness of men and things and he intensifies my pleasures by

I thought I knew the greatest American in my dear friend Henry George, but no!

any extreme statement, he seems to hit several real proper nails on their heads—gets pretty close to my

W. smiled—and to my hope that T. might somewhere have put himself so on record in his own hand, W. remarked

The Captain—what is his name?

there comes Captain'"—here W. stopped—"Oh!

the Captain of The Three Bells—what was his name—what was his name?

Then he went on: "Anyhow, Captain Brace turned to me, called: 'By God! there comes Captain Gibson!'

My notes show for a week and more past his own dwelling upon the subject.

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

It did my eyes good to look away from him towards Tom—Tom, who is a normal man, gruff, honest, direct

I received the following from Ingersoll this morning: 400 Fifth AvenueApr 25th 1891.My dear Traubel:I

yet—consequently I add nothing to the "Spirituality", and I think of correcting nothing, except a word.Accept my

Whitman my sincerest regards—or I might say, love.I hope that as the sunshine comes, he will grow better

"Well, give him my love—love for what he writes, love for him in his sickness!"

"He is quite willing to pay my price for the poems, pieces, I sent him the other day, but suggests that

W. in bathroom on my arrival.

Spoke of Scribner's I had in my hand and with which he said he was finished.

Our talk of Alcott had arisen out of my remark that Camden had got its fame through W. W.

Then my objection as above.

And after my reply—"He was a priest then?" I asked him if he had not read George Eliot's "Romola."

My dear Walt:The article you sent Nelly from the London Leader is in my possession. Good!

a great deal of it in.If, ever since I have been here, I have not had the worst cold I ever had in my

this point as time has passed and the sweet country air and relief from labor cleared and refreshed my

poor boiled brains.On my way through New York I enquired at Harper's for Curtis and found he was out

My wife returns your friendly remembrance and yours, I hope, has not forgotten me.

More and more he grows in my favor. He has solid virtues—is wise—knows his trade.

He joked about it and said, "That only shows that in the future I must set my price to a higher key."

I made some comparison of "Good-Bye My Fancy" and "Sands at Seventy."

Of my good words for the former W. exclaimed, "Is it so? Is that the feeling?"

Dick Stoddard, my first guess—I would be willing to swear to it—or one like him.

Upon my saying that Brinton's stock was Quaker far back, W. said: "Ah!

And upon my remarking, with the heavy book in my arms—"It is a great institution"—W. continued: "It ought

It is in part the explanation of my work—of Leaves of Grass.

hold me from my contract."

to my objection that a man should save some heat for something else.

W. was greatly interested in my repetition of this.

I was on my way to Philadelphia to hear Tom Davidson's lecture on Aquinas.

W. inquisitive—greatly "tempted" by my description of D.'

My details few, but he evidently a good listener.

He was amused with my account of nervousness preceding.

has been giving me the very devil in Liberty for calling the Emperor William a 'faithful shepherd' in my

As he said: "It is all from my friends.

There was nothing in this little poem to contradict my earlier philosophy.

leave W. reverted to the Emperor William affair: "Do you think I had better write a little note to my

"That is true—true—if I wrote I would do no more than make it clear that my reference was to the Emperor

"able to do but little," he said, "to sit, to think, to doze—that is about the start and finish of my

I wish I had been at the birthday fest, and heard the beauteous words of my friend Bob Ingersoll about

But then John has his caprices—I was going to say kinks, but caprice will probably give my meaning better

And at my assent, said he would write out what occurred to him.Gave me papers for Morse and Rayner and

"Yes," he said, to my question, "Yes, I have been out—down to the river: and how beautiful—oh!

"The river is my elixir," he finally said—"and such."

hasn't my prosperity walked on its uppers almost from the start?"

In any event, I hope to hear your address and to see you at my office.

I am anxious to have one or more contributions from you for my Cyclopedia for which we pay ten dollars

I'm afraid my pen let loose would have seemed out of character in such a place: my pen tied up I haven't

I tell you, Horace, it's no fun for words when they get in my hands, though the howlers may not know

Thereupon exhibited him my Johnston letter of 8th. W. said, "Good! the leaves are there!"

"The fellow always warms my heart. Will he come?

Indeed, there was our difference, besides my admiration—though no serious difference either.

My dear mother knew it well—warned me of it, counselled me. And it was not without effect.

And after a pause, with a quiet smile, "He calls me master—opens the letter 'My dear Master'"—and then

from it, when domestic troubles, very sad and serious to me, set me back, so that I never fully got on my

My legs are completely gone—but the paralysis hardly touched my speech, and, as far as I know, did not

He went away from here, expecting to stop with my friends—the Romes—to see them—in Brooklyn—then set

Digestion is poor—poor indeed—I am in a bad way: belly, bladder, catarrh—my brain, physical brain—all

And to my questions as to how the book wore on him, he said assuringly—"Well, well!

"The wife was my friend—I was proud of her—and they had good babies—how I loved them!

And at my assent he did go on for some time.

I anticipate a time, not very far distant, when I will lose my physical volition altogether—suffer an

I am extremely cautious—weighing every grain before giving in my adhesion."

All that is required under the present idea, my idea, might be a little preface, stating my reasons for

this particular issue of my works."

My first taste of the country was at Alloway, Burns' birthplace.

I said, "My description of the master is that his art is so close to nature for so long, it at last becomes

And now that you talk as you do, let me give you an idea of my own.

I put in, "My idea would be to admit all that the formalists claim for Lowell, then to ask whether there

W. at once, "I like that: that would be my idea—to say to them, yes that is true, every word of it—but

My notion had been to headline the article "James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman," then to indicate the

"Every fine day I have my stalwart attendant wheel me out, often to the Federal Street ferry, where,

"pleased" and remarked—"I suppose he has all my books."

I was looking through some of my scraps today—these were some of the results—I thought you would perhaps

I get from Walt by means of the newspapers, & new & then a postal.With very sincere regards to you, my

My dear Traubel:Here is postal note for the doctor's book—$4.00.

CliffordLove to WaltThank him for liberal terms to my doctor. W. exclaimed: "Good! Good!

Had written Morris' and my own names on the big envelopes, on the former's giving "respects and thanks