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I see the results glorious and inevitable—and they again leading to other results;) How the great cities

, of the first poem in the cluster titled Thoughts when it was first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

of the seventh poem in the cluster titled Thoughts when it was first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

results of the war glorious and inevitable—and they again leading to other results;) How the great cities

there—of happiness in those high plateaus, ranging three thousand miles, warm and cold; Of mighty inland cities

How the great cities appear—how the Democratic masses, turbu- lent turbulent , wilful, as I love them

sloping down there where the fresh free giver the mother, the Mississippi flows, Of mighty inland cities

How the great cities appear—how the Democratic masses, turbu- lent turbulent , wilful, as I love them

sloping down there where the fresh free giver the mother, the Mississippi flows, Of mighty inland cities

that we look upon the prospect of this result with very great curiosity—or rather would look, if we were

Thought became section 9 of Chants Democratic in 1860.

These leaves correspond to the verses in the 1860 Chants Democratic version.

section contains, five undeleted draft lines that would become the final verses of Proto-Leaf in the 1860

These Thought lines became section 11 of Chants Democratic in 1860.

in the fact, in a great swarming city like New York, of the deliberate bringing of the whole moral power

in jobbing, shaving, stocks, and loading and unloading cargoes—while the streets in every direction were

Yet it was the most profound and solemn fact in the midst of the city.

OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; Of Histories—As if such, however complete

, were not less complete than the preceding poems; As if those shreds, the records of nations, could

possibly be as lasting as the preceding poems; As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of

OF Equality—as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself—as if it were not

OF Equality—as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself—as if it were not

The notes were apparently intended for a revision to the essay Robert Burns as Poet and Person, which

Robert Burns in The Critic (16 December 1882), and as Robert Burns as Poet and Person in The North American

which is echoed in Whitman's essay The Poetry of the Future, which was first published in the North American

The lines were not published during Whitman's lifetime, and although they focus on Lincoln's death, do

The lines were posthumously published in a Facsimile Edition of Drum-Taps in 1959.

Parts of the poem were reworked and first published as section five of Passage to India (1871).

(1881)"Thou Orb Aloft Full-Dazzling" (1881)Published with the title "A Summer Invocation" in The American

the sun, addressing it by an ancient rhetorical device—the apostrophe, which he often used—as if it were

But always more important were the resources of men and women, and of himself, as objects to treasure

Benton is a specimen of a marked class of American mentality and physiology.

A critic of American life and politics, Thoreau infused Walden with biting commentary on the mundane

and Martin Luther King, Jr., the lectures on his excursions to the Maine Woods, Cape Cod, and Canada were

City dead House. —Open Road. Salut au Monde Savantism.

The American orator, Wendell Phillips (1811–1884), with his active interest in antislavery and other

In late February 1884, a bomb went off at London's Victoria Station, and other bombs were defused at

I heard that at the time you should have received her letter you were away from home.

for though one misses his splendour of color, yet one sees the very soul of the man at work, as it were

It is a curious evidence of the transforming power of American institutions and soil, that the one German

I have met who seems to have the tone of manliness in his character is a returned American.

I think you would call him an ideal American, full of friendliness and good humour, and earnest loyalty

wrong: how could it be more than a random guess, after nothing more than a profound study of an American

But I would be willing also to bear the expenses & keep the copyright, if the former were not out of

The Irish are much less Catholic than they were—dogmatic religion is loosening its hold upon them in

Whitman in the New York Sonntagsblatt of November 1, 1868, mentioned Freiligrath's admiration for the American

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

We were at work this morning on 'Salut au Monde.'

You must not let his name be known—it would have serious consequences for him if he were known to have

Whitman in the New York Sonntagsblatt of November 1, 1868, mentioned Freiligrath's admiration for the American

think, after all, that my former objections to giving the English of the L. of G. with the translation were

O'Grady in Ireland, I in Saxonland—if we three were together we would tread the clouds!

The historical writings of Standish O'Grady (1846–1928) were an inspiration to the great Irish Literary

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

despised—or if it happens to escape that fate is overtaken by a still worse one, in being lauded as if it were

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Their words may not have been arraignable by law, (though in many cases they were so) but they were such

to repudiate unjust rents, and I would have thrown myself heart and soul into this movement if it were

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

And Dillon's words were repeated and elaborated on numerous occasions prior to September, 1880, by other

With this "Coercion Act," the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended and authorities were given the power to

I have ordered my book to be sent to the American papers you mentioned.

: in the second edition (1856) as "Poem of the Proposition of Nakedness" and in the third edition (1860

One of the hints of the "riddle" were the "two words": "Two little breaths of words comprising it, /

Doehn, the author of a history of American Literature I told you of.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

See also Harold Blodgett, "Whitman and Dowden," American Literature, 1 (1922), 171–182.

confirmed by seeing that a perceptible 'disillusionment' has already made its appearance among many who were

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

If any American bookseller would like it, which is not, I suppose, very probable, he must write to the

There are very few ideas in Germany about American literature, past, present, or future.

was to be expected of American literature; just the conventional praise and blame—plenty of the former

And his tone of mind is just that of his countrymen in general towards things American.

I always ask Americans about you here.

I heard you were coming to England this year—I suppose that's not true.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

footnote on p. 200 of the article "Poetry of the Future" in the February 1881 issue of the North American

These were prominent literary figures of the time. J. G.

Tyrrell, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and many of the contributors were present and former Trinity

John William Draper's History of the American Civil War (3 vols., New York, 1867–70; London, 1871).

himself in the universe, saying "Here at least, in the spirit, I have freedom and empire inalienable," were

I saw in the 'Academy' a paragraph saying that you were going to write something about the English poets

mean English- writing poets for I should greatly like to hear some of your definite ideas about the Americans

To say the truth, I never could quite accept your utter condemnation of all American authors, expressed

And do not the Americans do this also, to a certain extent?

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

I have come across two charming American girls, with their mother, who are living here now.

They are the first Americans I have met who seemed to me at all native growths, and not spoiled Europeans

As we were all roped together—two guides and ourselves, he was extricated without much damage.

and come thundering down into the valley, hurling huge fragments & splinters into the air as if they were

If any American bookseller wants any copies he can get them from Carl Tittmann.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Stedman (1833–1908), the American poet and critic, wrote "Walt Whitman" for Scribner's Monthly, 21 (November

he early took the position of an iconoclast, avowing that the time had come in which to create an American

Things look to me every way as if the people were awaking. I see your friend R. M.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

It begins, "Whitman, it may be explained, is an American writer who some years back attracted attention

by a volume of so-called poems which were chiefly remarkable for their absurd extravagance and shameless

affection & interest—only I saw such obstacles in the way, & foresaw such dangers to liberty if it were

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Bagenal, in his book The American Irish (London, 1882), 220–221, discusses the schism among the various

North American Review, received this morning. I was delighted with it.

I agree entirely with all you say there about the American poets— γόνιμον δὲ ποιητὴν ἂν οὐχ εὕροις ἔτι

The law of contract does not touch that question at all, for the contracts were made upon the false assumption

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Probably "The Poetry of the Future," North American Review, 32 (1881), 195–210.

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

certain that you in America will have all this to go through some day when you get more densely populated

Karl Knortz (1841–1915), the German-American scholar and admirer of Whitman, became Rolleston's collaborator

See Horst Frenz, "Karl Knortz, Interpreter of American Literature and Culture," American-German Review

, 13 (December 1946), 27–30 and Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City, IA

After a second trip to the United States in the summer of 1886, Arnold commented on American life being

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

I was in London Canada , in fact a resident there when you were a visitor and guest in that city.