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or earlier (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:168).

early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

early in 1855 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

1850s" (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

the 1860s" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

(Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:164).

earlier" (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

early 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

or 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

Fragments (see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

retreats beneath its half- powdered bones, A In vain objects stand leagues off and assume manifold shapes, 1

early 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

1 Do you know why what m usic does to the soul?

1 American literature must become distinct from all others.

2 9A 1 dithyrambic trochee iambic anaepest.

The example for hexameter (at the bottom of leaf 1 recto) is taken from a line in Homer.

published in an 1846 issue of the American Whig Review ("Translators of Homer," American Whig Review 4, no. 1

Grier (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:355–356.

was inherited by his son, His wife was Phebe Sarah White— Sarah White born about 1713 " died " 180 1

Cunningham Jesse Whitman, jr born June 25, 1776 Died at Dix Hills, Sept. 8, 1845 Sarah Whitman, born Jan. 1,

under chief command of Washington, See 1st edition Reminiscences of Long Island, vol. 2, page 28 or vol 1,

were sold (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

like page 2 1120) (7 7840 160 4 1160) 6400 (5 5800 600 2 for frontispiece & fly for title & blank 15—1

of Grass (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

year may have been 1863 when Lee and Jackson pushed northward until Lee was halted at Gettysburg, July 1–

of this leaf is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number 1

Song of the Universal June, 1874 Camden # Space 1 Come , said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet yet has

Grier [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:222).

the 1850s (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

The march referred to took place on December 18" (1:474).

hexameters —verses whose lines are six poetic feet, either dactyls or spondees "Then when An 1 dromache

in poetry (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 1:

Fancies at Navesink 1 After the Supper and Talk You lingering sparse leaves of me Ah not that granite

basic narrative of "To the Man-of-War-Bird," a poem published first in the London Athenaeum on April 1,

works (Camden III: 289 Whitman wrote this manuscript sometime after the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–

This manuscript is a draft of a poem published first in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number 1

. & read carefully by copy No 1 A Voice from Death A voice from Death, solemn and strange, in all his

LEAVES OF GRASS. 1.

THOUGHTS. 1.

LEAVES OF GRASS. 1.

LEAVES OF GRASS. 1.

THOUGHTS. 1.

1855 University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives FOLIO PS3201 1855, copy 1

SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE. 1 WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan! Head from the mother's bowels drawn!

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD. 1 AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before

CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY. 1 FLOOD-TIDE below me! I watch you face to face; Clouds of the west!

WITH ANTECEDENTS. 1 WITH antecedents; With my fathers and mothers, and the accumulations of past ages

NOW LIST TO MY MORNING'S ROMANZA. 1 Now list to my morning's romanza—I tell the signs of the Answerer

CAROL OF OCCUPATIONS. 1 COME closer to me; Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess!

THOUGHTS. 1 OF ownership—As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate

THE SLEEPERS. 1 I WANDER all night in my vision, Stepping with light feet, swiftly and noiselessly step

CAROL OF WORDS. 1 EARTH, round, rolling, compact—suns, moons, ani- mals animals —all these are words

RECEPTION JAPANESE EMBASSY, JUNE, 1860. 1 OVER the western sea, hither from Niphon come, Courteous the

SUGGESTIONS. 1 THAT whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person —That is finally right. 2 That the

GREAT ARE THE MYTHS. 1 GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them; Great are Adam and Eve—I too look back

DRUM-TAPS. 1 FIRST, O songs, for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum, pride and joy in

1 BEAT! beat! drums!—Blow! bugles! blow!

Come Up from the Fields, Father. 1 COME up from the fields, father, here's a letter from our Pete; And

Cluster: Leaves of Grass. (1867) LEAVES OF GRASS. 1.

Cluster: Leaves of Grass. (1867) LEAVES OF GRASS. 1. O HASTENING light! O free and extatic!

Cluster: Thoughts. (1867) THOUGHTS. 1.