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I am trying to cheer him up and strengthen him with my magnetism."
Come to my house on Sunday evening, and I will have him there to meet you."
It would give me great pleasure to grant this request, out of my regard to Mr.
it, as he showed when I went to give him an account of my interview with the Secretary.
" 'I cock my hat as I please, indoors and out,' " I quoted.
A happy New Year, my dear friend!—And here is a lot of luck for your new vol. of "Leaves."
My Dear Friend, W.H.
Piper , using my name.
My love to the O'Connors.
1870, letter to Trowbridge, Whitman announced that he had "engaged in electrotyping a new edition of my
year or more ago of some Boston publisher, or bookseller, who was willing (or perhaps wished) to sell my
See John Townsend Trowbridge, My Own Story (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 265–67.
My Dear Friend, I think I have all of your books (2 or 3 Editions of some) except the last, —specified
in my former note, —which alone I intended to ask for.
May 21 - 87 My dear Mr.
delighted to have been the means of giving to future generations a portrait of you that is certainly one of my
March 24/88 Dear Mr Whitman My father and other members of the "Society of Old Brooklynites" are anxious
My dear Mr.
year the weather being really too hot in the middle of the day I will not make this letter any longer my
New Year's Day 1891 My Dear Mr Whitman I can not let the New Year go by, without wishing you "A Happy
Hda de El Rosario Jesus Maria Chihuahua Mex October 27 de/89 My dear Mr Whitman Your kind package of
a long time on road I was delighted I assure you to get them and they occupy the foremost place in my
of the old familiar faces—but I seem to be hoping against fate—as the manager here will not accept my
While I appreciate his valuation of my services I would prefer to go East—but have been treated too kindly
My Dear Mr Whitman It seems to be but yesterday that I saw you riding on the cars talking to the driver
again, it seems ten years, since I felt the old home Your photograph greets me every time I go into my
One of my friends came in the other day & said, "you have still got his picture hung up," & I said "yes
New Mexico, has changed me so My Dear Mr Whitman that you would not recognize me.
on the prairie with no house or food in sight when night came & had nothing to do but to roll up in my
sixty-five poems that had originally appeared in November Boughs (1888); while the second, "Good-Bye my
man for his autograph, but if I could see your name, written by yourself, on the fly leaf it would be my
I initiated you into Milton nearly thirty years ago, my dear Seward; and I rejoice to find that you still
Often—often—often, my dear sir. VOL.
originality is the difference between the Bible and Paradise Lost. 766 Seldom—seldom—seldom if ever, my
nations in Asia or Africa not Christian, would see any great point in his poem, if read to th It is, my
"I resist anything better than my own diversity," says Whitman in "Song of Myself" (section 16).
Think, oh my soul, devoutly think, How, with affrighted eyes, Thou saw'st the wide-extended deep In all
Yet then from all my griefs, on lord!
Thy mercy set me free; Whilst in the confidence of prayer My soul took hold on thee.
My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be, And death, if death must be my doom Shall
join my soul to thee.
Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain
My Captain!" For further information on Whitman's views of Lowell, see William A.
Pallid Wreath" was published in the Critic on January 10, 1891; the poem was also reprinted in Good-Bye My
So I defer my visit to you.
My wife and I Earnestly hope we may see you at our house soon.
All my Thought of late, Walt, is of you, and your great work.
All other books seem to me weak and unworthy my attention.
My wife appreciated the difference greatly .
Feb. 16th '87 My Dear Walt. This morning I had occasion to call at the house of a Mr.
will find you the same Business is very dull Here now and crops is ruined for the want of rain. all of my
worment torment of of mind and toil of body is of no avil avail feafuly fearfully in want now and when my
future looks dark But may come out Better than I amagn imagine I will Buy some Hogs on a credit and feed my
I dont don't suppose there Has a day past over my Head without me thinking of you.
Poor Jo Adams Im I'm sorry he is a fine fellow tell him I send him my pies pious regards and hope he
Well Walt I will endevor endeavor to give you a rugh rough scetch sketch of my wanderings since I seen
You know I could not content my self in Phila.
money from the Centennial went down to my sister's she was not at home but Annie, Johnny's Wife was
My dear Poet: I spent last evening in fighting for you, in reading you, and, in a feeble way, expounding
up the balance, and that moreover, adulation would as soon turn the head of Moosilanke Moosilauke , my
My friend Baxter sent us his copy of your big book with notes, one or two, from you, pasted in.
I send you my heartiest wishes for the prolongation of your noble life in content and in as great a measure
writing to you, and I take the opportunity of sending a few lines in his letter , as a slight token of my
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Philadelphia, Oct. 10— 18 90 My Dear Mr. Whitman.
The bearer of this is my son —who inherits his father's admiration for you.
Whitman:— During my absence your note of the 4th, inst was left here by Mr. Traubel.
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
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
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
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
My Dear Poet: I would be very glad to go to Philadelphia to take part in the testimonial in your honor
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.
City Point Va Feby 16th 1865 My Dear Friend, The Box for your brother, Captain Whitman, was sent on the
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.
London Saturday 23 Sept. 1876 Dear Walt Whitman I have received your volume and thank you heartily My
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
My health is some better than it was when I left the Hospital, but I am not well by a good deal and I
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.
together in the same top floor bedroom, and when they traveled together Whitman referred to him as "my
one point, he wrote of his gratitude for Stafford's help in his medical recovery, declaring, " you, my
letters to Brown say the sight of Brown's face was "welcomer than all," and he refers to Brown as "my
declaring that Sawyer had his love "in life and death forever" and assuring the young soldier that "my
He examined his own experience in My Days and Dreams (1890).
My dear Sir; The translations of your poems are now ready for the printer and the MS will sail for Europe