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First published as Calamus. 13 in Leaves of Grass (1860), this poem appeared in later editions of Leaves

The last two phrases of this manuscript were used in the Poem of Joys, first published in the 1860 edition

to the belief that no "detail of the army or navy [. . .] can long elude the [. . .] instinct of American

resembles that of the early editions of Leaves of Grass, so it likely that it was written in the 1850s or 1860s

The first several lines of Pictures (not including this line) were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery

in The American in October 1880.

This manuscript may relate to the poem titled A Song of Joys, which first appeared in the 1860 Leaves

(1860, p. 259).

On the reverse are lines that were possibly also written as part of the process for the creation of that

possibility that Whitman drafted this manuscript in the early 1850s, as he was composing the poems that were

the source of Bucke's transcription have not been found and there is no evidence that the sentences were

Gibson, an American adventurer (Walt Whitman, Selected Poems, 1855–1892, ed.

Martin's Griffin, 1999], 488; Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Vaults, a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook (loc.00348) that probably dates to the early 1860s

leafhandwritten; Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were

1993), Elisa New attributes the manuscript to "the period when the first drafts of Leaves of Grass were

The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American

published as part of Poem of Salutation in Leaves of Grass (1856), then as part of Salut au Monde in the 1860

–1861, 1867, and 1871–1872 editions of Leaves; these lines were later extracted and published as a separate

Since, as Fredson Bowers points out in his introduction to Whitman's Manuscripts: "Leaves of Grass" (1860

manuscriptAmerican Poets1850–1891prosehandwritten; A partial draft of Old Poets, first published in North American

American Poets

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

surfaceAbout the 1850s or 1860spoetry1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript, probably written in the 1850s or 1860s

fragment containing phrases that later became part of the poem Unnamed Lands, first published in the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in Unnamed Lands, a poem published first in the 1860

is written with the hanging indentation characteristic of Whitman's poetry, it is unclear if these were

contributed to this piece of journalism or not, it seems likely that it was composed in the 1850s or 1860s

On the back of this leaf (tul.00002) are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855

The 1860–61 edition of Leaves of Grass introduced two new poems created in this way: Poem of Many in

In the 1860–1861 edition the phrase also appears in the poem To a Cantatrice (eventually titled To a

War, and was frequently used by Whitman (see Clarence Gohdes, Whitman and the 'Good Old Cause,' American

Edward Grier notes that this manuscript likely was written prior to 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose

In the 1856 edition it was titled Poem of Walt Whitman, an American, and Whitman shortened the title

to Walt Whitman in 1860–1861.

ultimately titled A Song for Occupations, and part of a cluster titled Debris that appeared in the 1860

manuscript also resemble lines 39–43 in the untitled fourteenth poem of the Debris cluster of the 1860

combination of "Love" and "Dilation or Pride" is also articulated in Chants Democratic (No. 4) in the 1860

One of the lines was included in the 1860 Poem of Joys, which was later entitled A Song of Joys.

/ If nothing lay more developed the quahaug and its callous shell were enough. / Mine is no callous shell

Both poems were first published in the 1855 first edition of Leaves of Grass.; duk.00883 To be at all

The poem was first titled Poem of Walt Whitman, an American in the 1856 edition, and Whitman shortened

the title to Walt Whitman in 1860–1861.

and by, above, and My tongue can never be content with harness, below, make a connection with the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in Unnamed Lands, a poem published first in the 1860

duk.00029xxx.00048xxx.00121MS q 27Remembrances I plant American groundBetween 1850 and 1855poetry1 leafhandwritten

On the reverse (duk.00884) is a list of rivers, lakes, and cities that likely contributed to Poem of

Salutation in the 1856 edition of Leaves.; duk.00884 Remembrances I plant American ground

The note is possibly related to the poem Recorders Ages Hence, first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

poems about "the passion of Woman-Love," along with a few trial lines, all apparently related to the 1860

The pasted-on manuscript scraps were originally part of the notebook "women" (loc.05589), which probably

dates from about 1854 to about 1860.

Both manuscript scraps were probably written shortly before or early in 1855, though the notes on the

duk.00162xxx.00048MS q 203It were unworthy a live man to prayBefore or early in 1855poetryprose1 leafhandwritten

These lines were present in the first version of the poem in 1855, suggesting a date of before or early

It were unworthy a live man to pray

Ontario's Shore, was retained through subsequent editions of Leaves, although the line was dropped after 1860

Although Whitman never published any of these notes in his lifetime, they were used, in some cases word

Whitman reworked some of those ideas on ornament and they appeared in the poem Says in the 1860–1861

27EuropeBetween 1850 and 1856prosepoetry1 leafhandwritten; A list of European rivers, lakes, and cities

, many of which were included in Poem of Salutation in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass.

In the 1860 edition of Leaves, and in all subsequent editions, the poem was titled Salut Au Monde!

1860prosehandwritten20 leaves; References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts of this manuscript were

characteristic Whitman fashion, from fragments large and small, with several discontinuities" which were

The notes are similar to many of Whitman's other jottings about family in the 1850s and 1860s.

Both manuscript scraps were probably written shortly before or early in 1855, though the notes on the

" (tex.00200) two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

Both manuscripts were probably written shortly before or early in 1855, though the notes on the backing

These lines were removed from the final versioen of the poem.

leafhandwritten; Draft, with a few corrections, of Tests, a poem published first in Leaves of Grass (1860

1Untitled and UnidentifiedUndated, on the American Idiomloc.05619xxx.00047his poem of theBetween 1850

The poem originally appeared as the first poem in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, titled Proto-leaf

1Undated, on the American idiomloc.05211xxx.00952List of serviceable1850-1856prose1 leafhandwritten;