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you airs that swim above lightly impalpable, And all you essences of soil and growth, and you my rivers

over and over falling, rolling turning , an pausing revolving circling, falling Over Abo Close to the river

I get out on the river, (the Delaware) or over in Philadelphia most every day—lately I go down to the

The river is full of ice & the boats have a pretty tough time—but the nights are light, the full moon

They must run down to the river before they can get a drink.

: September 28 — I have been spendin the whole summer in Canada, mostly on the Lakes & St Lawrence river—have

I have been spending the summer in Canada, especially on the Lakes, & the Thousand Islands, & the river

—have jaunted over 3000 miles mostly river & Lakes—(I believe I sent you a couple of my current letters

several days in "the Lakes of the Thousand Islands"—that is what they call a part of the St Lawrence river

Island or Old Jersey—but it is all fresh here)— —I am going on some 400 miles further—north east to the river

flowing into the Atlantic, to the south-west of the colony; this river the natives called Mechasepe,

Lawrence and Mohawk rivers, boats ascending the Mohawk to Rome by a canal connecting Wood creek then

down through Oneida Lake and Seneca river to Oswego.

According to the Dominion Public Works Act, 1876, the navigation of the River St.

Peter immediately west of Three Rivers, so that vessels drawing 20 feet of water can ascend the river

Lakes of the Thousand Islands St Lawrence River Aug 1 I am here in a handsome little steam yacht (owned

1000 sq miles) on earth—I am pretty well—go to Montreal Tuesday—then to Quebec—then to the Saguenay river—back

mouth of St Lawrence—shall spend a week there—then to Montreal—then on to Quebec—then to the Saguenay river—am

London Ontario Canada July 24 pm Dear Sister, I am much better—& expect to start on a long St Lawrence river

Mrs B[ucke] (as human as I ever met, both)—Monday morning next I start on a long Lake & St Lawrence river

the Lakes, and all down the St Lawrence, (the "Thousand Islands" &c) and so on far north to a great river

Do you remember the nice sail we had that night on the lake and river, I will never forget it, you, and

Weather fine, country ditto—these noble waters, the lake, & the St Clair river, dotted with steamers

Carpenter's address is 45 Brunswick Square, Brighton England—The waters here Lake Huron & St Clair river

summer is very fine here, & I am enjoying it, even heat and all—I live on the banks of the Delaware river

the pale, green leaves of the trees prolific, In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river

the pale green leaves of the trees prolific, In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river

objects of especial attention have been the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains and the Mississippi River

the 22nd bookfor Sparrowsabout 1882prose1 leafhandwritten; Notes that contributed to Swallows on the River

kingSparrows—Swallowsabout 1880prose1 leafhandwrittenprinted; Notes that contributed to Swallows on the River

1Fancies at Navesinkloc.04146xxx.00335[rivers', bays' and ocean shores']about 1885handwrittenpoetry1

[rivers', bays' and ocean shores']

1Fancies at Navesinkloc.04150xxx.00330[Nor rivers' bays' and ocean]about 1885handwrittenpoetry1 leaf3

[Nor rivers' bays' and ocean]

We have had a touch of winter here, & the river is frozen over, but to-day it is thawing again.

Wondrous rivers, railroads everywhere, plenty of wood, interminable and fertile meadows, wheat, fruit

all winter— The picture at the beginning of this letter is the St Louis bridge over the Mississippi river

—I often go down to the river, or across this bridge—it is one of my favorite sights—but the air of

great part—(the "School of Athens" in the magazine, & the thoughts, & statistics about the Mississippi River

I was not quite a week on the river. I slept in my boat or under it all the time.

sometimes quite long ones) in the papers hereabouts— Love to 'Sula— Walt Whitman That Del: Delaware river

built soon after the Norman conquest, is in sight, crowning a wooded hill that rises abruptly from the river-side

You would not dignify the Weir with the name of a river in America—it is no bigger than Timber Creek—but

crystallized )—but discover that I need a spell of quiet and slip shod—Thought I should like the Delaware river

Esopus April 29 All goes well—enjoyed my journey up the river that afternoon & evening—10½ when I got

in—Every thing soothes, comforts, invigorates me here—the hills, rocks, sky, river, nearer & more to

for me—To day is very clear, but cold & windy—I have been out some two hours enjoying it—cross'd the river—The

Have had some beautiful glimpses of the North & East River effects of the shipping at sunset, &c.

Even yesterday, when the wind whistled its way and raced madly and blew keenly up from the river, the

You people across the river should be able to talk better of him than I can.

145ucb.00075xxx.00964Exposition Building—New City Hall—River Trip[visit to Exposition building &c &c]

1879–1882prose4 leaveshandwritten; A draft of Exposition Building—New City Hall—River Trip, first published

wind due eastSept. 3 '79—Cloudy and wetabout 1879prose2 leaveshandwritten; A draft of Swallows on the River

We are rowed on the beautiful river every day that it is warm enough—a very winding river not much broader

They lead an easy-going life here—seem to spend half their time floating about on the river—or meeting

at Round Hill—As I close we have the prospect of a fine evening—A cannon has just boomed out on the river

The unsafe condition of the ice in the River will prevent me going to N.Y.

usual—nothing new—have been down in the country the last week—It is now noon & I am just going out & over the river

with squalid children picking them over, and dirty alleys, and courts and houses half roofless, and a river

evening (the moon & Jupiter in conjunction, & I speering them all the way home & especially on the river

Esopus-on-Hudson March 17 Dear friends We arrived here all safe at last—(after adventures)—had to cross the river

here, snow 8 inches deep in every direction—but I like it much—a far view from my window of miles of river

We are very comfortable here, folks are (as every where) very kind to us—Harry has gone across the river

& secluded here—all winter too, the snow white & deep in every direction—as I look from my window, river

The infinite oceans where the rivers empty!

, is found evidence of the writer's strong love and feeling for the sea and for its children, the rivers

pretty comfortable as I write—have been out a little nearly every day for a week—some days across the river