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allude to his visit to America, but there may be something in it — —I feel better—am working a little at my
booklet yesterday and to-day—my head feels easier, but the weakness especially in getting about & in
my knee power is fearful—Hope you & George and Ed & Deb & Jo & the young one are jolly & sitting up—
July 8th 1888 My dear Walt; I have followed your illness with breathless concern—that is, what I could
I have my log hut partly finished and should have had it completed long ago, but after I had cut the
As soon as he gets back, I shall apply, and if I dont get it I dont know but I will send in my resignation
Walt I think you had better write on to Mother and let her send you (by express) $20 of my money and
it on here to me when you come, for if I go home I shall want it, as I may not have a chance to get my
see you sometime next month—I expect to come East on a short visit, and will spend a day with you on my
—My dear mother is yet living in Boston at the age of 77.
—one of the principal objects of my visit is of course to see her once more.
the Saturday Evn'g Transcript so you need not send that number, but you seldom do so—God bless you my
April 19/88 Walt Whitman: Dear Sir: It is probable that my friend Kennedy has told you something of me
, saying that he finds a "solid line of enemies" (I think those were his words) This is not true of my
In my teaching and lecturing I find no difficulty in getting Converts to the new doctrine and find your
and lecturing to bring your work before the people and it would give me pleasure to know you consider my
is sunday Sunday and no word nor letter have i got yet i am very confidant confident you have sent my
would hardly stop long enoughf enough for me to say any thing to him) all he said its it's none of my
fault none of my fault in A quick way and hurried on you have undoubtably undoubtedly got the letter
would get one or two common gowns sh e would stich stitch them for me and i was going to get one out of my
I live very quietly & plainly here, board with my brother & sister-in-law—have a nice little room up
some work to-day, most every day a little, but I take it easy, content if I can make enough to pay my
I often think of you and the boys & girls—give my best respects to all of them, Dick Flynn, Tom Bradley
My love to you, Tom, & am glad you dont forget me, as I won't you—try to write to me regular— Walt Whitman
alone & think, for two hours on a stretch—have not formed a single acquaintance here, any ways intimate—My
in the morning, & keeps me a good bed & room—All of which is very acceptable—(then, for a fellow of my
run foul of any)—Still I generally keep up very good heart—still think I shall get well—When I have my
have got a letter from Charley Towner—I am finishing this by the open window—still in the rooms where my
I am numbed with the frigid manners of the Christians; barbarism has given me the fullest joy of my life
If I could only know that it has pleased you I should bless my stars fervantly.
sure of your friendship and I should try to life live the real life there for your sake as well as for my
(my address always ) Charles Warren Stoddard to Walt Whitman, 2 April 1870
leave Walt the 4th July I rushit rush it some I have the best buggy and Harness there is in Scio with my
of the big guns out here Walt the folks know very little is a letup on me every one is trying to be my
present but write to me as soon as you get this G I Storms Walter do not wate wait for me to write give my
enquiring friends Dressmaker in particular and give me his address if you can George I Storms P.S. in my
(seven—me at the head) drank health & respects to Queen Victoria—(it was her birth day you know—)— —My
sailors from the ship down stairs Sunday toward noon May 26 A clouded rather rawish day—Am going up to my
friends Mr & Mrs: Harned's in an hour, in my wheel chair—to stay a few minutes & probably get a drink
—Nothing particular to write—my head is a little heavy & thick—no pocket-book copies yet, but I count
. | May 26 | 5 PM | 89; Philadelphia | 6PM | 1889 | Transit; London | AM | MY 28 | 89 | Canada.
GuiyouHuang"Beginning My Studies" (1865)"Beginning My Studies" (1865)This poem first appeared in the
declaration not to become a systematic or aggressive student of philosophy.In theme and tone "Beginning My
"Beginning My Studies" (1865)
want the to appear as it was in the pamphlet, a form which always pleased us both, and you will see by my
with a carefully transcribed printer's copy of the pamphlet, and it is evident that the galoot has had my
My Good Gray reads really well in the new version. I had no idea it was so good!!
If I get a revise, I will correct: if not, you please have an "s" put on to my "lightning"—it is more
L OUIS March 30th, 18 70 My dear Walt I suppose you think strange that I hav'nt written you before but
work goes on well we have delightful weather here everything looks like Spring I am glad I put off my
been ample and I should have enjoyed a visit with Mrs O Conner very much indeed Please convey to them my
love and express to them my hearty thanks for their kindness—also say to Mrs O C and family that we
indifferent , but trembling with age and your unheal'd wounds, you mounted the scaffold;) —I would sing in my
know not why, but I loved you…(and so go forth little song, Far over sea speed like an arrow, carrying my
love, and drop these lines at his feet;) —Nor forget I to sing of the wonder, the ship as she swam up my
bay, Well-shaped and stately the Great Eastern swam up my bay, she was 600 feet long, Her, moving swiftly
but bright & sunshiny—have just read your good letter of the 22d—Nothing special or different about my
formed one, has been [ ] foot, but is now nearly [ ] been steady—I have tended it— My sister and brother
Geo: George are well—My other sisters, nieces, & brother Jeff , were well at last accounts.
Tribune of last Saturday (19th ) had the 2½ column synopsis of my new book, pretty full & fair —I suppose
indifferent , but trembling with age and your unheal'd wounds, you mounted the scaffold;) I would sing in my
know not why, but I loved you…(and so go forth little song, Far over sea speed like an arrow, carrying my
love, and drop these lines at his feet;) —Nor forget I to sing of the wonder, the ship as she swam up my
bay, Well-shaped and stately the Great Eastern swam up my bay, she was 600 feet long, Her moving swiftly
fiercely, and rack my soul with great pain.
These elements are the influences of my nature on the one side, and those of my habits on the other.
My eyes answered, yes. So I learned language.
Only one of them came near to me, in my progress.
about my own age.
COME my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready, Have you your pistols?
O my breast aches with tender love for all!
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem, I whisper with my lips close to your
I call to the world to distrust the accounts of my friends, but listen to my enemies, as I myself do,
name, the Past, And in the name of these States and in your and my name, the Present time.
COME my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready, Have you your pistols?
O my breast aches with tender love for all!
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem, I whisper with my lips close to your
I call to the world to distrust the accounts of my friends, but listen to my enemies, as I myself do,
name, the Past, And in the name of these States and in your and my name, the Present time.
What is this you bring my America? Is it uniform with my country?
I swear I will have each quality of my race in my- self myself , (Talk as you like, he only suits These
rapt verse, my call—mock me not!
my lands!
WEAVE IN, WEAVE IN, MY HARDY LIFE. WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life!
course they are original autograph & date—Am getting along ab't as usual—have just lighted a fire in my
stove, & had the big old wolf-skin spread on the back of my chair — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Elizabeth
My Canary Bird. MY CANARY BIRD.
Not up during my stay.
W. on bed this evening during my whole stay.
my printer's in N.
Y., & which I can send you an order for,) you now have all my books in the market.
The title page is very handsome, and the Lucretian motto delights my soul.
Sir: Your letter of the 15th Dec. inst. calls my attention to a certain course of proceedings of Mr.
Your letter also calls my attention to the supposed authority which you had, in consequence of or in
In a personal interview during your visit to Washington immediately after my reception of your letter
of making good the assurances of the government, in this sense and to this extent, I considered it my
I beg to enclose a copy of my letter to the Dist. Attorney, for your information.
On the chair a sprig of holly, which he called my attention to.
I have been speculating what to do with the letter—whether to send it on one of my combination trips—to
If it was dropped, it must have been for some good reason—for I have my reasons—to me the best of reasons—for
"Take my books!
Long ago I first came across them—cherished them: they have been part of my household for many years—a
I consider him one of my true friends. He looked well and fat—his arm nearly recovered.
Suddenly he looked at me and laughed: "I got my poem back from Harper's Weekly," he remarked.
Then besides, a man at my years and condition must not worry about anything." But what of the poem?
Intends to insert the autobiographic page out of my book—also a new advertising page, which he wrote
Left that in my hands.
In his room—complained of "an infernal inertia" which "binds me to my chair."
"I suppose we may account for this by saying that the essay is on democratic art, not on me—has not my
I have noticed in some of my friends that after a period of enthusiasm they are like to retrace their
"I am afraid that my response to that would be as with the Diplomatic Secret—that there is no secret!
I find my habits growing lazier and lazier." Tuesday, July 29, 1890
54, Manchester Road, Bolton England Jan 6th '91 My best thanks to you, my dear, good old friend for your
you help me to do more than I can tell you—and sick folks are numerous at this time of the year—But my
work has its compensations obably, nay, certainly, heightens my enjoyment & appreciation of the beauty
, the mystery & somewhat of the meaning of the shards of External Nature which have opened my eyes to
Ballacooil Dalby Isle of Man Aug 6 th 1891 My Dear Old Friend Your kind p.c. of July 24 has been forwarded
to me here—the photos referred to being I suppose detained at Bolton till my return there tomorrow.
To my right are gigantic wave-washed boulders; to my left rise the grim barren headlands of the southern
Pardon my writing more at present as I am rather busy with arrears of work God's blessing rest on you
disagreeable , if he has written & you will mind it, you would understand why if you had Dear Brother in my
hurry I made a mistake, thought this was written on I hope with my whole heart that I have not said
I think a great deal of my home with all my troubles I have only spoke of myself & could not help it
today Good bye Han Give my love to all Hannah Whitman Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January [1879]
My honest thanks to you, Hugo, for your letter posting me up not only about yourself but about my dear
When I went up to my room that night towards 11 I took a seat by the open window in the splendid soft
moonlit night, and, there alone by myself, (as is my custom sometimes under such circumstances), I devoted
Fred's room, so pleasant, with its effect I remember of pictures, fine color, &c. to have the delight of my
"My own greatest pleasure at Pfaff's was to look on—to see, talk little, absorb," Whitman observed to
I am one of these fellows who wish to know what you think of my productions.
perhaps, you being an old veteran at it and knowing what is and what is not, you would kindly grant my
You will find on perusing the verses that I am a little melancholy in my tone, much more so than you.
Life and Death Dance on fair Life, yet a short while Will I allow thee to exist; But soon I'll cast my
that are to come Be they as pure as miry Hell is lewd, Or sunk in sin as black as God is good, Must to my
yesterday morning to receive your kind post card of Dec br : 23 rd , & I thank you for it with all my
nerves, which is very slow to quit, & which, while it lasts, prevents me from doing any thing beyond my
And I trust that in good time, & by God's help, I shall be able to do so—perhaps all the better for my
Meanwhile, it is my proudest & dearest privilege to write to you, & to shew you something—(if nothing
better) of a love which is as that of a son, & of the gratitude & homage due to my greatest benefactor
Traubel Camden, July 3, '79 To W.W My dear friend, I'll write you a few words again—for this warm weather
My curiosity has not abated by one jot and I would esteem it a favor if you would let me know at least
My bias is for Dickens. I like a good aim of pathos in a novel—nothing maudlin but all natural.
I think I referred to it in one of my last letters. Write soon! Yours hastily, H. L. T.
My regards to —— those : Emerson, Whitman, Major Stearns , , and the rest of the good fellows!
when we meet, Tom—but some six weeks ago was careless enough to get badly chill'd chilled all through my
My great loafing place out there is a big old woods, mostly pine & oak, but lots of laurel & holly, old
Broadway New York from the top of an omnibus—at other times along the seashore at Coney Island)— Tom, my
filled & I must close—I wanted to write something about the running & matches, but must postpone it—Give my
love to all my friends there & you yourself, dear boy— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Thomas Nicholson
Take my hand Walt Whitman" "Lift me close to your face Till I whisper " "What you are holding is in reality
"Here take from my lips this kiss" "I give it especially to you .
Cooly, composedly, whilst the hot lava inwardly boiling, rages through my breast.
You are my child—Lord & Ideal.
I wish they could see my Soul. Would they deem it lovely. I do not bother much about the exterior.
As I write it is about noon, & I am sitting up in my room, with a window open & the bright sun streaming
I eat my breakfast with relish this morning, salmon, Graham bread, coffee, &c.
At present my head cannot stand any thing. Still, to-day I am feeling rather better than usual.
I have eat my dinner—beef steak & potatos potatoes , with pumpkin pie & a cup of tea—I eat very moderately
these spells are, (& seems as if they will continue to come on,) I still have abiding hopes & trust of my
about your dismissal from the Interior Department, and as I once read your book, I am moved to express my
the President coming in and we stept back into the East Room and stood near the front windows, where my
It didn't last more than three or four minutes, but there was something about a letter which my friend
I expect to be in Washington on my way down South in a few days and will take the freedom of giving you
Please don't mention my name in connection with what I write about Harlan.
OFFICE, Washington Aug. 15, 1865 Dear Anson, As there is a sort of lull and quiet for a short time in my
My dear friend; I am sorry you could not have been with me for a day or two before you left Washington
writing this at the office, otherwise I would enclose one of the card photographs in it—they are up at my
room—I will send one in my next.
Write how your leg is—Give my best remembrances to Wood—he is a good man & I hope he will prosper through
26 , & of the 29 May, previously acknowledged) All gives me entire satisfaction & comfort—arousing my
I have not yet my pay for the little Man-of-War-Bird in nor the prose piece on the War in the Examiner
lately to T., as I supposed him abroad on the continent—but I intend to write soon—& send him a set of my
T. sees my poems —but I do his , & strongly, (& there perhaps I have the advantage of him)—but I think
Kent —Has the Secularist my address?
My dear friend and master— I am at last able to send you the lecture, which I have now got published
I have appended to my lecture a transl. translation of the Song of the Answerer, & in getting this translation
astonished at the amount of discussion it gave rise to, between myself & a German friend who looked over my
I had hoped great things from Gladstone's government, but that accursed Egyptian war opened my eyes finally
And yet I did not always see my way to these views myself.
world, a rural domestic life; Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev'd, recluse by myself, for my
excitement, and rack'd by the war-strife;) These to procure, incessantly asking, rising in cries from my
heart, While yet incessantly asking, still I adhere to my city; Day upon day, and year upon year, O
enrich'd of soul—you give me forever faces; (O I see what I sought to escape, confronting, reversing my
cries; I see my own soul trampling down what it ask'd for.) 2 Keep your splendid, silent sun; Keep your
Down at White Horse At the Staffords'— Aug 3 My dear Herb I came down here yesterday afternoon in the
the lane & across the big field, but the strong sun welcome to me, for all that—Here I sit (have hung my
good—No mail to-day & I must wait to send this to-morrow— August 5th I am writing this up in Harry's & my
dinner—Much obliged for the designs on the block—very nice—also the letter—both arriving safe—Give my
hardly know where) for the rest of the summer, & will not forget to send some written or printed sign of my
Jenks, My dear Sir, I have rec'd your note of 30th Nov. with $3.
Please accept my special acknowledgments.
—Change my base a good deal—but this is my centre & p o address W.W. Walt Whitman to George W.
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
Feb: 8 '89 Am thinking a good deal ab't you to-day—have rec'd the card N[elly] sent & it has rous'd my
tho't's & sympathies greatly—Nothing new or special in my condition— Love to you & N— Walt Whitman Walt
328 Mickle Street Camden N J May 24 Dear J B— I am ab't in my usual general health, but lameness bad
—had a fall a month ago, & turned my ankle in—don't think I will be able to come up to West Park— W W
the representative of the claimants, to agree upon such a presentation of the facts as will raise for my
Should this anticipation be realized, it will be my pleasure as well as my duty, to give early consideration
Richardson & Co. for refunding certain Internal Revenue taxes, in which you ask my opinion "as to whether
agreed statement of facts in the papers, and no statement of facts to be assumed by me on which to give my
—I will therefore thank you to so state the questions of law upon which my opinion is desired, as will